the j6 pardons have officially killed more people than the pretrial fairness act
A preliminary breath test showed Hernandez had a blood-alcohol content of .20% after the crash, authorities said. The legal limit to drive a vehicle in Missouri is .08%.
Emily Hernandez, pardoned for Capitol riot, sentenced to 17 years in fatal DWI crash
A preliminary breath test showed Hernandez had a blood-alcohol content of .20% after the crash, authorities said. The legal limit to drive a vehicle in Missouri is .08%.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
the j6 pardons have officially killed more people than the pretrial fairness act
Looking forward to the pretrial events.
NEWS
James Comey’s trial already has been scheduled for July 15, barring ant intervening pretrial events.
Filing storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
James Comey’s trial already has been scheduled for July 15, barring ant intervening pretrial events.
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May 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Looking forward to the pretrial events.
They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
Ironically, pretrial release of one criminal defendant in particular is substantially responsible for where we are today.
August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ironically, pretrial release of one criminal defendant in particular is substantially responsible for where we are today.
DOJ moves to re-arrest SCOTUSBlog founder Tom Goldstein for hiding assets while out on pretrial release. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
DOJ Motion For Arrest Tom Goldstein
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February 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
DOJ moves to re-arrest SCOTUSBlog founder Tom Goldstein for hiding assets while out on pretrial release. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
No but seriously, Fiona Apple making a protest song in support of Black mothers in pretrial detention in general and in the DMV area in specific?
I didn't think I could love this lady more, more here we are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1n...
I didn't think I could love this lady more, more here we are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1n...
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
No but seriously, Fiona Apple making a protest song in support of Black mothers in pretrial detention in general and in the DMV area in specific?
I didn't think I could love this lady more, more here we are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1n...
I didn't think I could love this lady more, more here we are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1n...
When pretrial detention is used to protect the defendant's civil liberties, we're in the bad place.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
Judge again delays Abrego Garcia’s release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he’s released.
bit.ly
June 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When pretrial detention is used to protect the defendant's civil liberties, we're in the bad place.
Got a case now where they refused to give a pretrial detainee his insulin until he fell into diabetic ketoacidosis and died.
Every few months some agitated weirdo gets upset at me over the Atlantic post I did about how the prison system ROUTINELY engages in unimaginable abuse and lets people kill themselves, because they read it as “THERE’S NO WAY EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED”
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November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Got a case now where they refused to give a pretrial detainee his insulin until he fell into diabetic ketoacidosis and died.
Meanwhile in Russia…
“A former Russian security officer died mysteriously in a pretrial detention center.”
At Yekaterinburg's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
www.mk.ru/incident/202...
“A former Russian security officer died mysteriously in a pretrial detention center.”
At Yekaterinburg's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
www.mk.ru/incident/202...
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meanwhile in Russia…
“A former Russian security officer died mysteriously in a pretrial detention center.”
At Yekaterinburg's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
www.mk.ru/incident/202...
“A former Russian security officer died mysteriously in a pretrial detention center.”
At Yekaterinburg's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.
www.mk.ru/incident/202...
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
The Attorney General is so unserious.
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
April 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Attorney General is so unserious.
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
If you’re a prosecutor who is serious about obtaining a conviction, you don’t go on Fox and talk about the (alleged) facts of the case like this.
Has Bondi read the Justice Manual? Has Bondi heard of pretrial publicity motions? How about bar ethics rules?
Thanks to yesterday's Daredevil episode, today's legal term is "pretrial detention." Different states call it different things, but "pretrial detention" refers to people in jail who have NOT been convicted of any crimes. These are *legally innocent people*, sitting in jail.
March 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks to yesterday's Daredevil episode, today's legal term is "pretrial detention." Different states call it different things, but "pretrial detention" refers to people in jail who have NOT been convicted of any crimes. These are *legally innocent people*, sitting in jail.
Judge Cannon’s rationale for the postponement is that a large number of pretrial motions remain unresolved, a state of affairs that she has literally engineered by failing to resolve them.
The federal judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents case announced that she is postponing the trial indefinitely storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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May 7, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Judge Cannon’s rationale for the postponement is that a large number of pretrial motions remain unresolved, a state of affairs that she has literally engineered by failing to resolve them.
Alleged Tesla attacker Paul Kim has been ordered detained pretrial by a magistrate judge:
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Alleged Tesla attacker Paul Kim has been ordered detained pretrial by a magistrate judge:
Luigi Mangione Judge Married to Former Healthcare Executive
Luigi Mangione Judge Married to Former Healthcare Executive
Pretrial judge in case involving murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson owns millions in stock, including Pharma and healthcare
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Luigi Mangione Judge Married to Former Healthcare Executive
I'm not saying this guy didn't do it. I'm saying I don't believe Judge Pirro's assertion that he had no political affiliation. Dude went to the Capitol January 5th to protest the "stolen" election. Here's the full pleading. END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention – #17 in United States v. COLE (D.D.C., 1:25-mj-00276) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention
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December 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm not saying this guy didn't do it. I'm saying I don't believe Judge Pirro's assertion that he had no political affiliation. Dude went to the Capitol January 5th to protest the "stolen" election. Here's the full pleading. END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here's how prosecutors described Ghislaine Maxwell in a pretrial motion during her criminal trial:
"The defendant's willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct … strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes."
"The defendant's willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct … strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes."
August 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Here's how prosecutors described Ghislaine Maxwell in a pretrial motion during her criminal trial:
"The defendant's willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct … strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes."
"The defendant's willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct … strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes."
Here is the part NOBODY ever gets about bail reform:
Pretrial incarceration causes MORE CRIME than cash bail prevents
WHY?
Because arrest and pretrial incarceration put people in crisis, even when they are innocent they lose jobs, and can't support their families...it creates massive insecurity
Pretrial incarceration causes MORE CRIME than cash bail prevents
WHY?
Because arrest and pretrial incarceration put people in crisis, even when they are innocent they lose jobs, and can't support their families...it creates massive insecurity
October 14, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Here is the part NOBODY ever gets about bail reform:
Pretrial incarceration causes MORE CRIME than cash bail prevents
WHY?
Because arrest and pretrial incarceration put people in crisis, even when they are innocent they lose jobs, and can't support their families...it creates massive insecurity
Pretrial incarceration causes MORE CRIME than cash bail prevents
WHY?
Because arrest and pretrial incarceration put people in crisis, even when they are innocent they lose jobs, and can't support their families...it creates massive insecurity
JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to cancel hearing on vindictive/selective prosecution next week & instead dismiss case due to govt 'stonewall[ing]' by refusing to have high-level DOJ witnesses testify. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pretrial Memorandum – #195 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM / Pre-Hearing Brief and Submission Regarding Upcoming Evidentiary Hearing on Vindictive and Selective Prosecution by Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (Hecker, Sean) (Entered: 10/30/202...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to cancel hearing on vindictive/selective prosecution next week & instead dismiss case due to govt 'stonewall[ing]' by refusing to have high-level DOJ witnesses testify. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Colorado judge issues fines vs. pair of lawyers who defended Mike Lindell at defamation trial in Colorado this Spring
The judge found the lawyers used an artificial intelligence program to draft or complete a pretrial motion in the case and included “thirty defective citations” in the filing.
The judge found the lawyers used an artificial intelligence program to draft or complete a pretrial motion in the case and included “thirty defective citations” in the filing.
July 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Colorado judge issues fines vs. pair of lawyers who defended Mike Lindell at defamation trial in Colorado this Spring
The judge found the lawyers used an artificial intelligence program to draft or complete a pretrial motion in the case and included “thirty defective citations” in the filing.
The judge found the lawyers used an artificial intelligence program to draft or complete a pretrial motion in the case and included “thirty defective citations” in the filing.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and DOJ have agreed to a 30-day delay in his release from pretrial incarceration so he can evaluate his legal options against an anticipated effort to deport him.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and DOJ have agreed to a 30-day delay in his release from pretrial incarceration so he can evaluate his legal options against an anticipated effort to deport him.
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Pretrial competency hearing
September 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Pretrial competency hearing
Just to clarify, I assumed the judge agreed to dismiss the charges after pretrial probation due to a plea agreement because that's how that's usually handled. But looking at the dockets, it looks like there was no plea agreement.
They are trying to get DCF to return the teen to their custody even though the teen has a restraining order against them that they agreed to abide by as part of a plea agreement. They're also trying to stop DCF from helping the teen get testosterone.
September 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Just to clarify, I assumed the judge agreed to dismiss the charges after pretrial probation due to a plea agreement because that's how that's usually handled. But looking at the dockets, it looks like there was no plea agreement.
This is about people who are being held pretrial, without a conviction, and yet are blocked from accessing ballots… until Colorado required polling places in jails.
Sheriffs nationwide have enormous control over jail voting access, with many restricting mail and voter guides, making it nearly impossible for incarcerated people to vote. A law in Colorado removed that discretion—and turnout has soared.
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but the first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is about people who are being held pretrial, without a conviction, and yet are blocked from accessing ballots… until Colorado required polling places in jails.
A enduring myth about pretrial detention is that it’s necessary to ensure a person’s return to court or prevent harm to the community. But as longtime public defender Justine Olderman shows, the real purpose of jailing people ahead of trial is punishment.
As such, pretrial detention must be ended.
As such, pretrial detention must be ended.
No More Pretrial Punishment | Justine Olderman | INQUEST
In my many years as a public defender, I accepted the legal rationales for pretrial detention. But I can’t anymore.
inquest.org
January 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A enduring myth about pretrial detention is that it’s necessary to ensure a person’s return to court or prevent harm to the community. But as longtime public defender Justine Olderman shows, the real purpose of jailing people ahead of trial is punishment.
As such, pretrial detention must be ended.
As such, pretrial detention must be ended.