the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, Ibrahim E. Bouaichi, went on to kill the woman who had accused him, police in Virginia say.<\/p>\nOn Wednesday, July 29, officers found a woman shot to death on S. Greenmount Drive. It was Alexandria’s first homicide of the year. The victim was later identified as Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez had testified against Bouaichi in Alexandria District Court in December. He was indicted on rape charges and jailed without bond.<\/p>\n
When the pandemic hit, Bouaichi\u2019s lawyers argued that he should be freed while awaiting trial because the virus endangered both inmates and their attorneys.<\/p>\n
Circuit Court Judge Nolan Dawkins released Bouaichi on $25,000 bond, ordering him not to leave his Maryland home unless meeting with his lawyers or court officials, The Washington Post reports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well that was an effective order, wasn’t it?\u00a0 On the other hand, how effective did Bouaichi’s lawyers, or the judge, think\u00a0 —\u00a0 or care\u00a0 —\u00a0 it was going to be?<\/p>\n
Will this give second thoughts to the COVID release lobby?\u00a0 Calls at least to re-think the program?\u00a0 If so, I’ve never heard of any.\u00a0 That’s because these releases are not based on evidence\u00a0 —\u00a0 the evidence, if anyone cared to see it, shows that a significant percentage of those released will recidivate.\u00a0 The reason this fact doesn’t count is the same that other facts don’t count, either.\u00a0 These release programs are not based on fact.\u00a0 They’re based on a “victims-are-collateral-damage-so-that’s-how-the-cookie-crumbles” ideology.<\/p>\n
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