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NM Judge Dismisses Charges Against Most Of The School-Shooting Camp Jihadis
2018-08-30
[RedState] Earlier this month, state and federal agents raided a compound near Taos, NM. There they found five adults, eleven malnourished children, and the corpse of a dead child who’d gone missing from Georgia. In addition, federal agents said there was evidence that the children were being trained to carry out school shooting.

In what was a surprising outcome in a case that involved an obvious homicide of some type, the judge hearing the case allowed all the defendants to go free on what amounted to their own recognizance. (And no, New Mexico law does not require kicking dangerous felons loose without bail.)

...Judge Emilio Chavez ruled to dismiss child abuse charges against 3 defendants because they didn’t have a preliminary hearing in the 10-day time frame required by New Mexico State law for defendants held in custody.
I always say that it's not the Muzzies who are dangerous - we can cure them of their tendency for terrorism in a week, it's their "liberal" enablers.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#10  This one rests fully on the prosecution. They knew they had a deadline and blew it, leaving the judge absolutely no choice, the law was quite cleear. DA deserves a kick in the nuts and a boot in the ass on his way out of office. DA sheer incompetence, or maybe malfeasance - you decide.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2018-08-30 21:17  

#9  That New Mexico, JQC
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-08-30 19:04  

#8  A weird case from the git-go gets even weirder. Most articles I read about this express disbelief.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-08-30 18:46  

#7  Not terribly surprised. I generally regard everything between Texas and the Pacific as "varying degrees of California". Saves time.
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-08-30 16:55  

#6  By the way, has anyone heard from Katherine Russell Tsarnaev lately? Just curious as to whether she kept the faith.

With whom?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-08-30 11:22  

#5  Confidential Informant (CI), yes, very likely indeed.

By the way, has anyone heard from Katherine Russell Tsarnaev lately? Just curious as to whether she kept the faith.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-08-30 09:31  

#4  I'd guess one of the jihadists was a CI
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-30 09:26  

#3  Eighth Judicial District Attorney Donald Gallegos didn't even show up for this latest hearing.

Wanna' guess his party affiliation (took some doing to find)!!!
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2018-08-30 08:36  

#2  Not surprising at all if you had been paying attention.
The Judge was compelled by state law.
I would guess that the DA either refused to hold the hearing or was prevented from doing so - perhaps some three-letter-agency was holding onto the evidence?
They sure had no problem destroying the camp quickly.

This whole thing smells fishy. Even without a tinfoil hat.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-08-30 07:59  

#1  ...they didn’t have a preliminary hearing in the 10-day time frame required by New Mexico State law for defendants held in custody.

Local DAs are elected too. Guess he/she didn't want to do the job.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-08-30 07:41  

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