to wait until five minutes before the deadline to file an appeal. And this really craps on the government's case:
But at two days of bond appeal hearings and in her order, Roberts expressed doubts about the weight of the government's evidence against the members of the militia based in Lenawee County.
She also described the government's motion seeking a stay of her bond order as "woefully inadequate."
It's not known when Roberts will rule on the government's stay request -- filed just minutes before a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline -- but the soonest anyone will be released is Thursday.
From the AP article:
A federal judge late Wednesday denied a government request for a stay and ordered all nine Hutaree militia defendants released on bond.
"The government simply failed to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the seriousness of the charges ... is sufficient for the court to conclude that there were no conditions that will reasonably assure the safety of the community," U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts said in an order.
THAT'S gotta sting. And it makes this look more like a case of "Make noisy arrests with lots of raids on MILITIA PEOPLE PLANNING ATTACKS!!!, because we can use the publicity and it'll make militias and tea party people look bad."
ARE these people dangerous? WERE they actually planning attacks? Right now, we don't know; what has come out so far is looking more and more like bullshit.
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