This reminds me of a time like 20 years ago. I was on the indigent defense panel and I got the client acquitted at trial. Judge was mad. Took his chambers 10 days to process the paperwork to release the client.
Yup. I had a case where the defendant’s misconduct occurred at first onset of psychiatric illness. He was immediately thereafter treated with meds that alleviated psychosis. It was a consent NGRI. But because the judge didn’t like that the law meant he had to be released, he just refused to rule.
I had a noncitizen client who got compassionate release during the pandemic, stay denied by DCT and CTA. instead of releasing and deporting, US indicted him on bogus charges in a different district so they could hold him "pretrial" for a couple of years...
I have an immigrant friend who posted bail, but the DA slow-walked it, saying the funds needed to come from an American citizen. The judge disagreed, but allowed them to postpone. We finally found a citizen to post the bail and the judge granted his release. It took eleven days.
Same here.
Judge ordered release of inmate citing SC ruling, he was released 10 days later.
Never did find out why that happened.
Judge was not impressed.
There should be a hefty penalty -- say $1,000 per day -- payable to the person whose release gets delayed for purely bureaucratic or vengeance reasons.
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"Immediately"
"Immediately"
"Instant"
"eh, take 5 days"
(That is, in the beforetimes when it wasn't the administration's goal)
Judge ordered release of inmate citing SC ruling, he was released 10 days later.
Never did find out why that happened.
Judge was not impressed.
It makes current events all the more astounding.
(Judges were the last group I ever thought would save democracy)
My next band name is Indigent Defense Panel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=05D7B6E4-CB43-4066-B566-A8A19CB72C56
(And one of those sanctions one day will be referral to disciplinary committees for those, like Bondi, who are admitted attorneys.)