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Attorney pushing for state legislature to revisit Alabama's bond laws

Attorney pushing for state legislature to revisit Alabama's bond laws
LEGISLATORS NEED TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE. >> THE QUESTION IS, WHY WERE THEY EVEN BACK OUT ON THE STREETS AGAIN? MARY: QUESTIONS SOME ARE ASKING, IN LIGHT OF ANIAH BLANCHARD’S CASE. IBRAHEEM YAZEED IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING IN HER ALLEGED ABDUCTION. YAZEED HAD BEEN OUT ON BOND FOR KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION. >> WE’VE SEEN IT TIME AFTER TIME, WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL ON BOND AND YOU SEE THEM COMMIT OTHER CRIMES. I THINK THIS SITUATION WE SEE OURSELVES IN HAS RAISED THE AWARENESS. MARY: ATTORNEY PAUL DEMARCO THINKS ITS UP TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS THE STATE’S BOND LAWS. WE SPOKE TO A LOCAL JUDGE, WHO EXPLAINED TO US THE LAW BASICALLY SAYS PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO A BOND, THE EXCEPTION BEING WITH CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. DEMARCO THINKS THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN ACCUSED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AND HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL RECORD, THOSE SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION IN ALLOWING NO BOND. MARY: DEMARCO SAYS OTHER STATES HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE, AND BELIEVES ITS TIME FOR ALABAMA TO DO THE SAME. >> THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENS
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Attorney pushing for state legislature to revisit Alabama's bond laws
Attorney Paul DeMarco believes repeat violent offenders with a criminal history should be able to be considered for no bond. Currently, judges allow no bond for capital murder charges.

Attorney Paul DeMarco believes repeat violent offenders with a criminal history should be able to be considered for no bond. Currently, judges allow no bond for capital murder charges.

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