Defense attorneys group files complaint against District Judge Ramona Franklin over bond revocation

Defense attorneys group files complaint against District Judge Ramona Franklin over bond revocation

Since November, eight defendants fresh out of jail on bond have walked into state District Judge Ramona Franklin’s court and been sent right back to jail. Instead of standing for a routine court hearing in a first step in their criminal court cases, they ended up back in sheriff’s custody after Franklin revoked their bail and ordered them back behind bars, sometimes with no lawyer present for the defendant.

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