It must be made clear it is absolutely not the New Mexico Supreme Court, nor the new bail system, that led to the recent tragic death of (UNM baseball player) Jackson Weller.
As a former judge, I also know how seriously judges take their duty to do the right thing and to protect the rights of everyone in front of them, including those charged with serious crimes.
He said that if prosecutors had done a better job, Bashir’s February arrest might have been considered a violation of his supervision and maybe Bashir would have been in jail the night he allegedly killed Weller.
