A California judge has released two accused murderers in as many weeks without requiring a dollar of bail from either of them.
People far from the dysfunctional San Francisco Bay Area should be outraged by that news.
According to Fox News, Judge Hector Ramon freed a man named Vicente Aguilera-Chavez on Oct. 31, without requiring him to post bail.
Then, during a hearing a week ago, he released another man named Agustin Sandoval, also on his own recognizance.
Both men are charged in connection with a 2017 nightclub parking lot shooting that killed 21-year-old Edu Veliz-Salgado and wounded another man in Santa Clara County, KTVU-TV reported.
The case went cold for years until detectives in the city of Sunnyvale identified the two suspects last year.
Yet despite the severity of the charges, Judge Ramon released both defendants back into the community without requiring bail.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told Fox News that two accused killers are now freely walking his community.
“The odds of re-offense or fleeing from justice just doubled. People’s lives ride on those odds,” he said. “This is outside the bounds of what’s acceptable, and it’s dangerous to the public.”
He also noted that Aguilera had been to prison twice and was a reputed gang member.
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