[maggief]

http://brandonh.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/21/173216-durham-double-standard-teen-charged-in-murder-gets-50000-bond-while-duke-rape-players-set-at-400000


Article Source: heraldsun.com


DURHAM -- A $50,000 bond was set Wednesday for one of two teens accused in Durham's first homicide of 2006, the March fatal shooting of 24-year-old Alvin Lee Jones.

Nicholas Alexander Mack, 17, previously had been held without bond in the case.

He and Dontae Daevon Jones, 18, are charged with shooting Alvin Jones in the back at the Bentwood Park apartment complex on Junction Road in eastern Durham. Authorities have said the shooting apparently was gang-related.

Superior Court Judge Ron Stephens rejected a defense request that Mack's bond be set as low as $25,000.

"My focus is on community security," the judge said.

[Mad-Margaret]

You beat me by a minute!

[pepperhead]

It would be funny if they brought that up to him during Seligmann's hearing tomorrow. But I doubt his lawyers would do such a thing and risk angering the judge.