[NYPOST] The man accused of fatally stabbing an ex-con who punched his girlfriend on a J train this week was released without bail Thursday after his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Assistant District Attorney David Ingle had asked Judge Sherveal Mimes to impose $100,000 cash bail on Jordan Williams, the 20-year-old from Hollis, Queens, who allegedly knifed Devictor Ouedraogo on Tuesday during a subway struggle.
But Mimes refused, instead electing to cut Williams loose.
"I really do not believe that you pose a flight risk — I just don’t," Mimes told Williams. "I think that your whole life is ahead of you. I think that you have every reason to fight this case with the support of your family."
Jason Goldman, Williams’ attorney, said in court that his client works at FedEx to help pay the family bills and has never been in legal trouble.
"He’s a gentle soul in the community," Goldman said. "This situation escalated and it was by no fault of his own."
His client was in the "precarious position where are you either sit there and get assaulted and let all the people get assaulted — or you eventually stand up for yourself and you get arrested."
Williams’ family was elated by the judge’s decision.
"Thank you, Jesus!" his godmother exclaimed in court, while Williams’ mother — who had compared her son to Daniel Penny as a good Samaritan who was trying to protect people — smiled.
Outside the court, Williams’ mom, April, said she was ecstatic when her son walked out of court.
"He’s the baby boy, he’s treated like the baby ... We love him to death," she said. "The judge had only good things to say about him."
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