Bernalillo County DA responds to court’s ruling on pre-trial witnesses

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County’s District Attorney is speaking out after the Supreme Court clarified what it takes to hold suspects in jail until trial.
A constitutional amendment was passed a year ago by voters. The new rules were meant to keep dangerous defendants behind bars while non-violent suspects are let go and not kept behind bars because they can’t afford bail.
DA Raul Torrez asked the Supreme Court to step in saying there were too many obstacles to