While reviewing the data Malik noticed that there are a strangely high number of unique entries for bail_set_by, meaning that one "magistrate" set bail for only one case. In looking at these cases more closely, I've determined that in cases where the ENTIRES section spans two pages, the docket parsing script is picking the defendant in the case as the magistrate, rather than the magistrate who actually set the bail, reflected before the page break.
While reviewing the data Malik noticed that there are a strangely high number of unique entries for bail_set_by, meaning that one "magistrate" set bail for only one case. In looking at these cases more closely, I've determined that in cases where the ENTIRES section spans two pages, the docket parsing script is picking the defendant in the case as the magistrate, rather than the magistrate who actually set the bail, reflected before the page break.
I've attached a handful of sample dockets below.
MC-51-CR-0024837-2020.pdf MC-51-CR-0025035-2020.pdf MC-51-CR-0025031-2020.pdf