Posted on 11/21/2023 11:11:12 AM PST by thegagline
The grieving daughter of a slain Manhattan woman says it’s “a f—ing slap in the face” that her mother’s accused murderer was allegedly free to kill despite breaking into the victim’s home and attacking her just months earlier.
Natalie Questa said murder suspect Lenue Moore belonged behind bars after allegedly busting into the family’s Washington Heights apartment, breaking her mother’s arm, slamming her boyfriend in the head with a hammer and smashing her in the face.
But Moore, 31, was cut loose on a measly bail in the violent incident — and allegedly returned to the neighborhood some five months later, gunning down Jackie Billini, her friend and her pitbull, Zeus, in what police said was a long-running spat over the dog.
“It devastated us,” Questa, 32, told The Post in a recent interview. “It felt like that was a f—ing slap in the face.”
*** The feud apparently began earlier this year, when neighbors said Moore tried to kick one of Billini’s dogs, upset by their barking. In February, Zeus was stabbed, and Questa said the family suspected, but could never prove, that Moore was to blame.
*** Tensions came to a head on April 11, when Moore allegedly came after Billini’s family, kicking her apartment door in, according to a criminal complaint. ***
Moore was charged with assault and attempted burglary, and Manhattan prosecutors asked that he be held on $15,000 cash bail or a $30,000 bond, arguing that, despite him having no criminal record, the allegations involve “a serious and violent case.”
But Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Lewis instead set bail at $5,000 in cash or a $5,000 bond — requiring Moore to post just 10%, or $500 to walk free. ***
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RE: I think it’s way past time to start holding “judges” responsible for their “mistakes” that are costing people their lives.
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Yes.
They exclude evidence that decisively proves the guilt of the criminals on trial. Jurors don’t know—but we know-—unless the judge excludes it from us, too.
The article shows video surveillance of this person breaking into the victim’s home. No way in hell should this dangerous killer walk freely in the civil society.
If this killer takes another victim the Judge and/or Legislative body will have blood on their hands. Liberalism is just as dangerous as this killer.
Democrats.
The answer to the question: “why does anybody need to carry a firearm with high capacity magazine?”
Last time that woman Virtue Signals.
Degrade a system until it becomes useless then start the new one.
Things that can be done in just 3 years.
The judge followed the law.
Even though she could see into the future and knew exactly what he was going to do, that he would murder them, she went ahead and ordered the same bail that anyone else gets in such cases.
We all know that Bellini and Harvin and the dog would all be alive today if the bail had been set at $15,000 instead of $5000. Preposterous!
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