Teen gunman who 'sprayed DC neighborhood with 26 rounds from an AR-15' is released on bail by self-confessed woke judge

[Anonymous]

I will only believe the ankle monitors work when they put on on each ankle and then hook them together and then attach them to a wall of their residence. NO monitoring by DC.

[Anonymous]

As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some context- the defendant was released on 24 confinement to a residence with an ankle monitor. He is pending trial, and it sure looks like the evidence at this point leads to conviction and incarceration.

Some context I cannot immediately locate- what percentage of cases involving similar conduct result in this type of pre-trial release?

I'd love the data, but anecdotally it seems fairly common for even murder suspects to be released on bail?

My question is whether this case is substantially different than results in other cases, which would mean we have an anomaly to investigate involving this judge. Alternatively, if this type of result is common, we are investigating the system as a whole.

Indeed, it's sadly common for attempted or successful murderers to be released on bail, and then assault or attempt (and sometimes succeed) murder again.

In my experience as a former criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, it is very uncommon for an attempted or accused murderer to be released pending trial. The very few who are are very wealthy thus able to meet the very high bail rates that are common and appropriate for such alleged offenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

I'd like to hear again from the previous poster in this thread who seemed to think that it wasn't unusual or concerning that this person was released pending trial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

Maybe you need to do it multiple times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some context- the defendant was released on 24 confinement to a residence with an ankle monitor. He is pending trial, and it sure looks like the evidence at this point leads to conviction and incarceration.

Some context I cannot immediately locate- what percentage of cases involving similar conduct result in this type of pre-trial release?

I'd love the data, but anecdotally it seems fairly common for even murder suspects to be released on bail?

My question is whether this case is substantially different than results in other cases, which would mean we have an anomaly to investigate involving this judge. Alternatively, if this type of result is common, we are investigating the system as a whole.

Indeed, it's sadly common for attempted or successful murderers to be released on bail, and then assault or attempt (and sometimes succeed) murder again.

Witnesses won’t just kill themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some context- the defendant was released on 24 confinement to a residence with an ankle monitor. He is pending trial, and it sure looks like the evidence at this point leads to conviction and incarceration.

Some context I cannot immediately locate- what percentage of cases involving similar conduct result in this type of pre-trial release?

I'd love the data, but anecdotally it seems fairly common for even murder suspects to be released on bail?

My question is whether this case is substantially different than results in other cases, which would mean we have an anomaly to investigate involving this judge. Alternatively, if this type of result is common, we are investigating the system as a whole.

Indeed, it's sadly common for attempted or successful murderers to be released on bail, and then assault or attempt (and sometimes succeed) murder again.

In my experience as a former criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, it is very uncommon for an attempted or accused murderer to be released pending trial. The very few who are are very wealthy thus able to meet the very high bail rates that are common and appropriate for such alleged offenses.

Ever since DC banned cash bail, it takes an awful lot to not get released pre-trial. Most likely reason for not being released is because the accused has a psych hold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

I'd like to hear again from the previous poster in this thread who seemed to think that it wasn't unusual or concerning that this person was released pending trial.

Do we have any recourse? Can we protest? Can this judge be impeached/removed from the bench?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

I'd like to hear again from the previous poster in this thread who seemed to think that it wasn't unusual or concerning that this person was released pending trial.

Do we have any recourse? Can we protest? Can this judge be impeached/removed from the bench?

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some context- the defendant was released on 24 confinement to a residence with an ankle monitor. He is pending trial, and it sure looks like the evidence at this point leads to conviction and incarceration.

Some context I cannot immediately locate- what percentage of cases involving similar conduct result in this type of pre-trial release?

I'd love the data, but anecdotally it seems fairly common for even murder suspects to be released on bail?

My question is whether this case is substantially different than results in other cases, which would mean we have an anomaly to investigate involving this judge. Alternatively, if this type of result is common, we are investigating the system as a whole.

Indeed, it's sadly common for attempted or successful murderers to be released on bail, and then assault or attempt (and sometimes succeed) murder again.

Witnesses won’t just kill themselves.

That's illegal. It's the called witness tampering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a former prosecutor - and defense attorney - I find this result pretty shocking, and I’m quite progressive.

Ankle monitors are not for highly dangerous defendants because there is no 24/7 monitoring. The prosecutor office would not find out about a violation of the condition until the next business day, if that. There is really nothing to prevent the defendant from going out of his home, hooking up with a friend who has gotten him a gun, and doing the same behavior that got him arrested in the first place.

If spraying a neighborhood with lethal bullets from an AR-15 doesn’t warrant detention, what does?

I'd like to hear again from the previous poster in this thread who seemed to think that it wasn't unusual or concerning that this person was released pending trial.

Do we have any recourse? Can we protest? Can this judge be impeached/removed from the bench?

+1,000

I believe the prosecutors are trying to get the decision overturned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This young man needs to be held accountable for his actions. What can we do to change the way this was handled?

Vote Republican. Duh.

Oh, hell no. Today's Republicans all hate America and everything it stands for. They staged a violent insurrection and tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. They're hell bent on stripping away our rights. Screw that. Vote blue, no matter who.

Once again.......YOU voted for this. You want changes and improvement, but keep voting the same way, despite one party clearly wanting to push law and order hard, but that's not good enough for you. Next shootings in DC (sadly will be in the next 24 hrs)...go to the crime scene, and tell everyone you dont want to vote in people that will do a cleanup.

[Anonymous]

"self-confessed" like some kind of admission to a crime or something shameful...

Being woke is GOOD. We all need to be more woke. Anyone who complains about wokeness is racist and evil.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This young man needs to be held accountable for his actions. What can we do to change the way this was handled?

Vote Republican. Duh.

Oh, hell no. Today's Republicans all hate America and everything it stands for. They staged a violent insurrection and tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. They're hell bent on stripping away our rights. Screw that. Vote blue, no matter who.

Once again.......YOU voted for this. You want changes and improvement, but keep voting the same way, despite one party clearly wanting to push law and order hard, but that's not good enough for you. Next shootings in DC (sadly will be in the next 24 hrs)...go to the crime scene, and tell everyone you dont want to vote in people that will do a cleanup.

The judge is federally appointed. DC voters didn't vote for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"self-confessed" like some kind of admission to a crime or something shameful...

Being woke is GOOD. We all need to be more woke. Anyone who complains about wokeness is racist and evil.

Woke is a joke. Most Americans think so.