A $50,000 cash bail proffer made on behalf of a Chinese national charged with sex trafficking was rejected by a judge who said the defendant was a “poster boy for why the statute governing cash bail is flawed.”

The lawyer for Shi Shen Yu argued that Criminal Procedure Law §520.10 (1) requires a court to accept cash bail when the defendant can show the surety is in legitimate possession of the bail money, and that the money is not the fruit of illegal activity.