The phrase "awarded bail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when referring to the granting of bail to a defendant.
Example: "The judge awarded bail to the defendant, allowing them to await trial outside of custody."
Alternatives: "granted bail" or "given bail".
After spending almost a month in prison in early 2012, Dotcom and his co-accused were awarded bail – the first of a series of court victories that have left the prosecution case looking increasingly wobbly.
Mr. Pistorius, awarded bail on Friday after a hearing that was sensational for what it revealed of his actions in shooting Ms. Steenkamp, and for the raw emotions the athlete displayed in the dock, became a global celebrity in recent years for his feats as the Blade Runner, a track star who overcame the disability of being born with no bones in his lower legs.
Judges award bail to Mr Assange, but prosecutors immediately announce that they will appeal, and he is sent back to jail until a higher court can address the issue.
Their Arnold Ventures, which bills itself as a philanthropic foundation but is actually a limited-liability corporation, announced Tuesday that it's awarding $39 million for bail reform, among other justice initiatives.
Four top bankers at Royal Bank of Scotland have been handed £2.7m in shares from bonuses that were awarded to them by the bailed-out bank three years ago.
The bank, which is still to pay back its bail-out money, awarded bonuses to its staff, though RBS's chief executive decided to forgo his, as have the bosses of other big British banks.
The chief of HSBC, which, like Barclays, did not have to be bailed out by the government, was awarded £6.6 million in pay, bonuses and allowances for last year.
His achievements included keeping his severely damaged bomber airborne in January 1945 and landing it in Shetland after half the crew had bailed out, for which he was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in March 1945.
Mr Hester had been awarded £963,000 ($1.5m) in shares by RBS, which was bailed out in 2008 and is still majority-owned by the taxpayer.
In fact, FiveThirtyEight eerily references Minority Report in its August 4th article, "Should Prison Sentences Be Based on Crimes That Haven't Been Committed Yet?" It highlights the fact that almost all states turn to social and psychological metrics in some form to adjudicate criminal cases, from awarding parole and setting bail.
The company promised before the government started bailing out the firm in September that employees would be awarded more than $400 million in retention pay this year and next.
