While this isn’t Fake News, it’s certainly misleading. The Judge did not “release” the defendant. He ordered a competency evaluation to take place at a lockdown mental health facility in Butner, NC. This happens in virtually EVERY murder case. Defendants are RARELY found incompetent to stand trial, but the defense in a murder case will make the argument that this defendant is incompetent. Since this defendant will undoubtedly raise the insanity defense at trial (a lower standard to meet than competency to stand trial), this evaluation will assist the prosecutor, defense attorney, and the Court in handling this case. Respectfully, before you post something so incendiary (I’m sure the Judge is being doxed), you should do ten minutes of research. BTW—I’m a former prosecutor and MAGA.
I would bet he ends up with no trial because of insanity, remanded to institution, and in a couple of years deemed okay now, safe to be in public, and released. That is where this will go.