Judge Struggles Releasing Capitol Defendant Who Claimed He Was On 'Mission' From God [View all]
A federal judge overseeing several cases of defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol ordered a defendant who thought he was on a mission from God released from jail on Thursday.
Trump supporter Joshua Black, U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson ruled, will be subject to home confinement in Alabama (with exceptions for work, church and medical and legal appointments), GPS location monitoring, and would have to surrender all firearms in his residence.
Jackson said she struggled with whether to keep Black detained, and said it was a very close call. But ultimately she said the government had failed to prove that there were no conditions or combination of conditions that would assure the safety of the community until trial, as required under the Bail Reform Act.
Jackson told Black, who said that “the Lord” wanted him to “plead the blood of Jesus” inside the U.S. Capitol, that she wouldn’t hesitate to lock him back up if he violated any of his conditions of release.
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