In Capitol riot cases, judges split on whether to keep defendants in jail before trial

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Several magistrate judges in various states have split with the Justice Department's requests to hold in jail alleged US Capitol rioters, and a handful of detention decisions are now headed for appeals.

But a New Mexico official and"Cowboy for Trump" who announced at a county council meeting he'd return to Washington, DC, for President Joe Biden's inauguration with guns in his car, and a man who brought a 3-inch pocketknife to a meeting with his pretrial officer will be released, judges have decided. A federal judge, reviewing the knife incident, told defendant Gabriel Augustin Garcia that he was"lucky" on Wednesday.

In fact, a report from the federal judiciary in 2018 found that public order and property crimes -- the types of offenses many of the Capitol riot defendants face -- largely resulted in a defendant being released before trial. Violent crimes and firearms offenses largely resulted in detention, which is so far mostly consistent with how detention decisions related to January 6 have been made.

 

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Law and order pizza for the Capitol rioters and let them out of jail GOP.

Yep.. trump's lackeys....

Does anyone else think it's a bad idea to let the defendants go, so they can regroup and prepare for the best that's yet to come..🤔🤔

😂

If that rioter had a Muslim name this would be a non issue . If that rioter had black skin this would be a non issue. So you can hang on to ppl who tried to kill Congress members & assassinate the VP & literally steal the election. Safety ought to matter.

These judges should be kicked off the bench. Letting out dangerous people is pure stupidity.

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