Two adults from compound now held on cash-only bonds (NM Muslim compound)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | August 21, 2018 | Edmundo Carrillo

[CedarDave]

SANTA FE – Two of the adults who were arrested at a Taos County compound earlier this month have recently been slapped with cash-only bonds that will keep them in jail if they can’t raise the money – but not for the child abuse charges they’ve faced from the start.

Trespassing citations against four of the five adults who were arrested during or just after an Aug. 3 raid of the compound showed up in court files about two weeks after the raid.

Tuesday, defendants Lucas Morton, 40, and Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, were ordered held under $5,000 cash-only bonds by Taos Magistrate Court Judge Ernest Ortega on the trespassing charges.

Two others from the compound, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, and Jany Leveille, 35, also were given trespassing citations, dated the day of the raid. But these two were not given monetary bonds by the magistrate judge they faced, Jeffrey Shannon.

Lawyers for Morton and Subhanah Wahhaj have filed emergency motions for reviews in the higher District Court, saying their clients are “unable to meet the current conditions of release.”

Megan Mitsunaga, Subhanah Wahhaj’s lawyer, called the $5,000 bonds unconstitutional and said people are typically released on their own recognizance for misdemeanors like trespassing.

“A $5,000 cash-only bond for a misdemeanor is outside the bounds of anything that would be reasonable,” Mitsunaga told the Journal.

[CedarDave]

It seems like one magistrate judge tried to do the right thing by setting a cash-only bond to keep two that appeared before him in jail. The second judge did just the opposite for two others requiring no monetary bond. What a screwed up justice system.

[CedarDave]

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[Pearls Before Swine]

Our judges have in many respects become like imams— local dictators whose whims govern the interpretation and application of often conflicting laws.

[PAR35]

But do they stay on the federal payroll or are they on leave without pay.

[chris37]

Should just change the term “judge” to a far more accurate one, “random asshole”.

[JudyinCanada]

I think you mean “random backhole”. We must keep up with the times.

[Blue Jays]

Being a bigwig judge must be a pretty sweet deal.
They can pretty much do whatever they want with virtually zero oversight.
If somebody raises a stink, they toss people in jail without too many hurdles.

[chris37]

Ah you know, I stand corrected!

I am very, very resistant to change.

[BenLurkin]

Wasn’t a dead child found on the property?

Wouldn’t that be enough to hold every adult who was living there?

[texas_mrs]

LOL - Know your holes! Probably a future Public Service Announcement.

[chris37]

Oh what a world! /facepalm

[Amberdawn]

More muslim weirdos, but I repeat myself. I will never understand why blacks convert to a religion that was the first to enslave them.