Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said the bail for Israeli government official Tom Alexandrovich’s child sex sting case was “standard.”

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According to the lawyer:

“What evidence is there that he’s a flight risk other than that he lives in another country?” he asked, adding he did not think it would be difficult to bring the defendant back on a warrant.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, that’s horseshit.

    Richard Davies, a criminal defence lawyer in Nevada, told Al Jazeera that the apparent lack of conditions on Alexandrovich’s release despite the seriousness of the charges was “fishy”.

    “Average Joe gets arrested, he would appear in front of the justice of the peace within 24 hours. The justice of the peace in that county would issue bail conditions, which very typically would include a GPS device, restrictions on movement, not being allowed to leave the state,” Davies said.

    “So the fact that this individual was not only allowed to leave without an ankle bracelet or a GPS device, not only to leave the state, but also leave the country, is highly unusual and suspect.”

    Were all the other guys released on bail with no monitoring or conditions? I’m willing to bet that any of them that made bail are wearing ankle-monitors and ordered not to leave the state.