Anonymous wrote:"This criminal illegal alien has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement.
WTF??
Is this Judge defending this guy?????
Why do dems support this judge????
He was deported in 2013 and re-entered which is a federal crime.
This is a losing issue. Move one dems.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A bench warrant is for criminal charges.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawyers in this area can also chime in, but I know where I'm at in Loudoun, we are already seeing the effects of these arrests at courthouses.
Small misdemeanor charges that defendants always showed up for in-person are now being skipped.
These include minor charges like driving without a license, unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, etc. where typically the defendant could show up to court, provide proof to the judge that they'd obtained a license/insurance/registered their vehicle and have the charge dismissed. They'd only need to pay a small court fee. But now judges are giving out max fines and for class 2, 3, and 4 misdemeanors if the person isn't present. They are issuing bench warrants for class 1 misdemeanors when they don't show.
If I was at court with 10 defendants with a mix of class 2-4 misdemeanor charges over a few days, I may have had 1 no show. Now? It is more like 50-75% are no shows. And I haven't had a class 1 misdemeanor defendant no-show in years but have unfortunately had 2 no-show this week.
If you are here illegally you should be scared. Having a bench warrant means they can be arrested and deported.
I’m ok with that.
The didn’t have a bench warrant. They had an Administrative warrant. Not the same. At all.
Doesn’t matter for the judge. She committed a crime by obstructing a legal arrest.
Anonymous wrote:A bench warrant is for criminal charges.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawyers in this area can also chime in, but I know where I'm at in Loudoun, we are already seeing the effects of these arrests at courthouses.
Small misdemeanor charges that defendants always showed up for in-person are now being skipped.
These include minor charges like driving without a license, unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, etc. where typically the defendant could show up to court, provide proof to the judge that they'd obtained a license/insurance/registered their vehicle and have the charge dismissed. They'd only need to pay a small court fee. But now judges are giving out max fines and for class 2, 3, and 4 misdemeanors if the person isn't present. They are issuing bench warrants for class 1 misdemeanors when they don't show.
If I was at court with 10 defendants with a mix of class 2-4 misdemeanor charges over a few days, I may have had 1 no show. Now? It is more like 50-75% are no shows. And I haven't had a class 1 misdemeanor defendant no-show in years but have unfortunately had 2 no-show this week.
If you are here illegally you should be scared. Having a bench warrant means they can be arrested and deported.
I’m ok with that.
The didn’t have a bench warrant. They had an Administrative warrant. Not the same. At all.
A bench warrant is for criminal charges.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawyers in this area can also chime in, but I know where I'm at in Loudoun, we are already seeing the effects of these arrests at courthouses.
Small misdemeanor charges that defendants always showed up for in-person are now being skipped.
These include minor charges like driving without a license, unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, etc. where typically the defendant could show up to court, provide proof to the judge that they'd obtained a license/insurance/registered their vehicle and have the charge dismissed. They'd only need to pay a small court fee. But now judges are giving out max fines and for class 2, 3, and 4 misdemeanors if the person isn't present. They are issuing bench warrants for class 1 misdemeanors when they don't show.
If I was at court with 10 defendants with a mix of class 2-4 misdemeanor charges over a few days, I may have had 1 no show. Now? It is more like 50-75% are no shows. And I haven't had a class 1 misdemeanor defendant no-show in years but have unfortunately had 2 no-show this week.
If you are here illegally you should be scared. Having a bench warrant means they can be arrested and deported.
I’m ok with that.
The didn’t have a bench warrant. They had an Administrative warrant. Not the same. At all.
Anonymous wrote:The didn’t have a bench warrant. They had an Administrative warrant. Not the same. At all.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lawyers in this area can also chime in, but I know where I'm at in Loudoun, we are already seeing the effects of these arrests at courthouses.
Small misdemeanor charges that defendants always showed up for in-person are now being skipped.
These include minor charges like driving without a license, unregistered vehicle, driving without insurance, etc. where typically the defendant could show up to court, provide proof to the judge that they'd obtained a license/insurance/registered their vehicle and have the charge dismissed. They'd only need to pay a small court fee. But now judges are giving out max fines and for class 2, 3, and 4 misdemeanors if the person isn't present. They are issuing bench warrants for class 1 misdemeanors when they don't show.
If I was at court with 10 defendants with a mix of class 2-4 misdemeanor charges over a few days, I may have had 1 no show. Now? It is more like 50-75% are no shows. And I haven't had a class 1 misdemeanor defendant no-show in years but have unfortunately had 2 no-show this week.
If you are here illegally you should be scared. Having a bench warrant means they can be arrested and deported.
I’m ok with that.
The didn’t have a bench warrant. They had an Administrative warrant. Not the same. At all.