Judge tells defense:
Prove militia isn't dangerous
By ED WHITE
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT - A judge told attorneys for nine members of a Michigan militia charged with trying to launch war against the U.S. that they must prove their clients aren't as dangerous as prosecutors claim before she will release them.U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts heard appeals Tuesday of another judge's detention order. She told defense attorneys the burden is on them to show why their clients should be released from jail on bond.
The government says the group, called Hutaree, is an extremist organization. In court Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Waterstreet played an audio tape of what he said were several militia members talking freely about killing police.
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Prove militia isn't dangerous
By ED WHITE
Associated Press Writer
DETROIT - A judge told attorneys for nine members of a Michigan militia charged with trying to launch war against the U.S. that they must prove their clients aren't as dangerous as prosecutors claim before she will release them.U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts heard appeals Tuesday of another judge's detention order. She told defense attorneys the burden is on them to show why their clients should be released from jail on bond.
The government says the group, called Hutaree, is an extremist organization. In court Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Waterstreet played an audio tape of what he said were several militia members talking freely about killing police.
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