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1. openasocket · 1790440170 · focus · HN ↗

   Wait, was she not arraigned for 13 days? The article makes it sound like it wasn’t until 13 days after the arrest, and her lawyer presented evidence, that she was let out. That… that can’t be right. It varies from state to state, but generally you are required to be arraigned within 24-72 hours of arrest. And then they are required to give you bond (a no bond hold can happen but is very rare and I don’t think any jurisdiction allows that outside of murder).

   Was she just given an extremely high bond she couldn’t afford? Not that that’s much better than no bond at all, but I’d really like to understand the details here.

   1. bentley · 1790451828 · focus · HN ↗

      She was never arraigned. The arrest was made on a no‐bond warrant claiming she was a danger to the community, since the incident being investigated was a hit‐and‐run resulting in three deaths. This necessitated a bond hearing to determine whether enough evidence existed to detain her pre‐trial. Her lawyer submitted forty photos of her completely undamaged vehicle, but the testimony of the experts was that her car showed signs of collision and subsequent coverup, and the judge ruled that the prosecution had met the necessary burden for detention. However, what her lawyer presented in the hearing led the prosecution to reinvestigate the collision with a team of state investigators instead of regional investigators, which led to reevaluation of the 911 calls and witnesses with a more accurate description of the car.

      (Source: around 13:00 in this interview with her lawyer, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=6F_0iIaXGqA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=6F_0iIaXGqA)

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