“This is not fair,” yelled activist Edin Alex Enamorado as the preliminary hearing for the activists dubbed ‘The Justice 8’ concluded on Wednesday evening.
“Even murderers get bail!”
Wednesday marked the fifth and final day of the preliminary hearing regarding the activists who were arrested a month ago today. After days of witness testimonies, cross-examinations, and final arguments, Judge Zahara Arredondo once again denied bail for the seven activists. She ruled that multiple felonies were committed by the group based on evidence and testimony presented in court.
During the preliminary hearing, the judge was able to hear from multiple witnesses who took the stand, all of whom were either sheriffs, deputies, or officers involved in the investigation or who were involved in the initial response to all three of the cited incidents in the case, which occurred last September.
Some of the charges on seven of the defendants include but are not limited to, false imprisonment, conspiracy, criminal threats, and assault by force that resulted in bodily injury.