The 45 day period that the court has to answer the appeal for the Writ of Habeas Corpus expired last week, and we still don't know anything. Brent is still sitting in jail. We're all so tired of hearing, "It's Wichita County. They do whatever they want." So apparently this means they can continue to violate a man's 8th amendment right to freedom from excessive bail.
As I posted earlier, bond is meant to ensure court appearance, and to keep people who are deemed a "flight risk" from skipping town. Brent has been 100% cooperative. He called the detective when he heard there was a warrant for his arrest, and sat at home waiting for them to come arrest him. He is as much of a flight risk as an ostrich.
It continues to amaze me that he is being held when there is a wealth of evidence pointing to someone else, and that someone else is roaming around free. I'm beginning to think they either have a particular axe to grind (great job being fair, judicial system) or are just plain stupid. Either way, we have things in the works that will take time, but their day is coming. We'll see how much of a priority this becomes when there is a media storm pointing out the horrific miscarriage of justice they are responsible for.
Most days I am sad, but today I'm angry.
As I posted earlier, bond is meant to ensure court appearance, and to keep people who are deemed a "flight risk" from skipping town. Brent has been 100% cooperative. He called the detective when he heard there was a warrant for his arrest, and sat at home waiting for them to come arrest him. He is as much of a flight risk as an ostrich.
It continues to amaze me that he is being held when there is a wealth of evidence pointing to someone else, and that someone else is roaming around free. I'm beginning to think they either have a particular axe to grind (great job being fair, judicial system) or are just plain stupid. Either way, we have things in the works that will take time, but their day is coming. We'll see how much of a priority this becomes when there is a media storm pointing out the horrific miscarriage of justice they are responsible for.
Most days I am sad, but today I'm angry.
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