Judge Releases Alien Hit & Run Suspect: An illegal alien arrested for the hit and run and serious injury of a pre-school teacher on May 7, has been released on bail and disappeared. Russ McQuaid of Fox 59 reports that witnesses chased down Juana Noemi Loa-Nunez after she ran down Jessica Renee Parks as she walked to her job at a church pre-school in Indianapolis. The day after Loa-Nunez was charged, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed a detainer warrant with the county jail. Two days later, a Federal District Judge ordered Loa-Nunez's release on $250 bail. The judge ruled that ICE was required to provide a criminal warrant or pick up the suspect within 4 hours or she would become eligible for release. County jail officials blame ICE for failing to do its job. ICE disputes this. The victim will be hospitalized from six months to a year before she will be able to use her legs. Her father doubts that Loa-Nunez will ever return for the trial.
Killer Nanny Gets LWOP: A 55-year-old woman, who worked as a nanny for a New York couple, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for stabbing the family's 2-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter to death with a butcher knife in October of 2012. Jan Ransom of the New York Times reports that Yoselyn Ortega's "untreated mental illness played a significant role" in the crimes according to the sentencing judge. But evidence of her planning for the crime convinced a jury that she should be held responsible for the murders. The children's parents, like many in large cities, relied upon Ortega's assertion on her child care application that she was an experienced nanny. The couple are pushing for legislation to make it a crime to lie on a child care application. The victims' father told the court "It is right that she should live and rot and die in a concrete and metal cage." In a statement delivered in Spanish, Ortega apologized for the killings and asked for forgiveness.
Killer Nanny Gets LWOP: A 55-year-old woman, who worked as a nanny for a New York couple, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for stabbing the family's 2-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter to death with a butcher knife in October of 2012. Jan Ransom of the New York Times reports that Yoselyn Ortega's "untreated mental illness played a significant role" in the crimes according to the sentencing judge. But evidence of her planning for the crime convinced a jury that she should be held responsible for the murders. The children's parents, like many in large cities, relied upon Ortega's assertion on her child care application that she was an experienced nanny. The couple are pushing for legislation to make it a crime to lie on a child care application. The victims' father told the court "It is right that she should live and rot and die in a concrete and metal cage." In a statement delivered in Spanish, Ortega apologized for the killings and asked for forgiveness.
The father of the victim of the hit and run illegal alien has it directionally correct. We've created all these "rights" etc. for illegal aliens. I understand that, of course, illegal aliens have some rights--but 4 hours? Citizens who are arrested are entitled to a hearing within 72 hours (I may be a little foggy on that.) So why in the world are we treating illegal aliens far better than that?
The other issue--why did this woman, an obvious flight risk, get $250 bail. Seems like the Marion County Superior Court judge is up for some criticism too.