By Lynh Bui Lynh Bui Reporter focusing on public safety and criminal justice Email Bio Follow May 7 at 2:48 PM A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Coast Guard Lieutenant accused of plotting a terrorist attack could be released from jail on strict bail conditions while he awaits trial, but immediately agreed to put that order on hold pending the government’s plan to appeal.
Hasson’s public defenders have fought back against the government’s assertions, saying that the government has offered no concrete evidence detailing when and how Hasson was allegedly planning to strike. Hasson’s attorneys said that he has no criminal record and that the writings the government pointed to as evidence of his dangerousness were private thoughts that shouldn’t be prosecuted or weighed to keep him in jail pending trial.Hasson, 50, of Silver Spring, Md.
“With respect to release conditions, we respectfully propose that the following conditions will be more than sufficient to ensure that Mr. Hasson does not pose a danger to the community or a risk of flight,” his attorney Elizabeth Oyer wrote in the letter to Day. “What happens if,” the government said in court filings, “during the drive, the defendant — a thirty-year service member, at least 5’11, and 180 pounds — attempts to escape or commandeer the car from his mother-in-law or his father-in-law ?”
how in the heck does this maniac wannabe qualify for pre trial release?
Surely there’s no danger in releasing a man who wants to kill all liberals. No danger whatsoever.
Why bother? POTUS realDonaldTrump will probably just pardon him.
He is White , if a Brown or Black Person , he would never get out on bail 😠
Release his ass right back to sea.
arson all great for home de fence
yes uk army usa army the same killing machine humans
Only in realDonaldTrump’s America