California judge frees second murder suspect without bail as DA warns 'people's lives' are at risk

[Valletta]

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told Fox News Digital that two accused murderers are now roaming through the community.
"It was bad enough that an accused murderer with a violent past was let out of custody, now there are two. The odds of re-offense or fleeing from justice just doubled. People’s lives ride on those odds," Rosen said.

California judge frees second murder suspect without bail as DA warns 'people's lives' are at risk

District attorney criticizes judge's controversial decision to release murder suspects without bail, calling it dangerous and unreasonable choice.

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It's a lack of compassion or a lack of common sense or both.

 

[DaisyDay]

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

Prosecutors challenged Judge Hector Ramon’s granting of supervised release for Vicente Aguilera Chavez, but he refused to reverse course and also approved release for his co-defendant in a de…

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“I’m not going to reverse myself on Mr. Aguilera. Mr. Sandoval is going to be released on SORP over the people’s objection,” Ramon said, referring to the acronym for supervised release.

Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Redding, who represents Aguilera, said after the hearing: “I am very glad that Judge Ramon continued to follow the law and apply long-standing legal precedent and constitutional principles. He did the right thing.”

Redding told Ramon in court that prosecutors had nothing more than unproven criminal charges to justify the continued jailing of her client, and along with Deputy Alternate Defender Kristin Carter, who represents Sandoval, characterized the DA’s case as mostly circumstantial. She referenced a preliminary hearing over the summer — which ended with the defendants being held to answer for murder and gang charges — and highlighted the hearing judge’s skepticism of the strength of the charges.​

The DA is not happy. Bail is to ensure that defendants show up for trial, not to make revenue or punish.

 

[Valletta]

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

Prosecutors challenged Judge Hector Ramon’s granting of supervised release for Vicente Aguilera Chavez, but he refused to reverse course and also approved release for his co-defendant in a de…

www.mercurynews.com

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“I’m not going to reverse myself on Mr. Aguilera. Mr. Sandoval is going to be released on SORP over the people’s objection,” Ramon said, referring to the acronym for supervised release.​

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Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Redding, who represents Aguilera, said after the hearing: “I am very glad that Judge Ramon continued to follow the law and apply long-standing legal precedent and constitutional principles. He did the right thing.”​

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Redding told Ramon in court that prosecutors had nothing more than unproven criminal charges to justify the continued jailing of her client, and along with Deputy Alternate Defender Kristin Carter, who represents Sandoval, characterized the DA’s case as mostly circumstantial. She referenced a preliminary hearing over the summer — which ended with the defendants being held to answer for murder and gang charges — and highlighted the hearing judge’s skepticism of the strength of the charges.​

The DA is not happy. Bail is to ensure that defendants show up for trial, not to make revenue or punish.

That's exactly what a defense attorney is supposed to say, there's only circumstantial evidence, not enough evidence to convict, etc. My concern is for the community. These gang members are no joke. You could argue that Aguilera has only been incarcerated in prison twice before. But let me say that he is young and it takes a lot to send a young man to prison with the California liberal justice system.