Yes. I read on Fox News that the judge said he didn't know about Duncan's past. Well, he should have made it his business to know.
It's his business to "know" before he grants bail. Either the judge didn't care enough to ask or someone covered up "Duncan's past." The judge has an obligation to resign or explain why he didn't know. I wish we could get full details on every judge who lets vicious criminals out without proper restrictions.
That's bogus. I don't believe the judge didn't know.
Someone surely ought to have seen the blog and could have reported him.
A family member who lives in Missouri seems to know something as well by his posts on the blog comments.
What's that saying? Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it's mistakes.
It is the prosecutors responsibility to aprise the judge of the the defendents prior criminal background---what usually happens is the prosecutor makes a deal with the lawyer of the defendent ahead of time-before its in front of the judge after say 3 4 5 or 6 continuanace hearings later--these two make a plea bargain thats almost always involves dropping the ortiginal charges down several levels ie an assault one becomes a plea to an assault three-which is what thje criminal actually pleads guilty to-and more often that not if the original charges are felonious they wind up misdemeanors that are being pled to and wind up on the perps actual record! and unfortunetely most courts are run with the judge being little more than an officiator who puts his final stamp on these deals that are being cranked out all day by the states attornies office in collusion with the attorney of the criminal-who are often pals in real life by the way with all kinds of favors being down fo various reasons. so if the prosecutor okays one of these deals that basiclly sell out the victim--they do not make the judge aware of the vastness of the criminals past criminal history for the judge may very well then override the plea deal thats already been agreed upon between the prosecutor and defendents lawyer and defendent of course-now if the defendent had enough money or his family did-to hire a private lawyer rather than a public defender-he usually gets the much better deal as his lawyer may be in a position to a have a relationship with the states attorney and b do favors in the future for him/her.
how do i know this-because i was the victim of a violent crime and i saw all of this and more go on in my case and it is not the cops and not the courts per se but the corrupt-or lazy or burnt out- prosecutors 9 times out of 10 that are responsible for allowing these dangerous predators to escape any true accountability for there crimes-its disgusting!