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1 day ago

Judge reaffirms, orders pretrial release of defendants ahead of Sunnyvale murder trial

At the reconsideration hearing held Friday in a San Jose courtroom, Ramon rejected pleas from the district attorney's office to give more weight to the allegations in the murder charges. He ultimately sided with public defense attorneys who argued that the defendants' lack of violent histories, as well as their local family ties and community contributions, did not make them imminent public dangers or flight risks.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Judge challenged over release of defendant ahead of Sunnyvale murder trial

Judge Hector Ramon granted pretrial release to murder defendant Vicente Aguilera Chavez; prosecutors sought reconsideration, citing the alleged murder's gravity and his criminal history.
SF politics
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Huge Spike in SF Criminal Trial Cases Prompts Audit, Bogged-Down Courts to Release Some Defendants

San Francisco is releasing some pretrial defendants because the Public Defender's Office lacks capacity amid a surge in misdemeanor prosecutions.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

After years on the lam Oakland murder suspect turns herself in, gets released from jail

A woman accused of fatally shooting another during a 2021 fistfight surrendered, then was released on GPS monitoring and therapy despite prosecutors' objections.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

A judge released an Oakland man with a pending murder charge. Now he's a fugitive in a new killing

Keyante Reed, previously released pretrial and deemed compliant, is now publicly identified as an armed fugitive charged with murder after an alleged September killing.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
2 months ago

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Salvadoran national's case became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration agenda after he was mistakenly deported in March. Facing a court order, the Trump administration brought him back to the U.S. in June, only to detain him on criminal charges.
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