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Name: Judge Sarah Backus
Biography: District Judge Sarah Backus (Division II) was first appointed to the bench in June 2011 by Governor Susana Martinez. She was elected to the post in the primary and general elections of 2012. Judge Backus served as Chief Judge in the 8th Judicial District from August 2011 until she stepped down in January 2014. She is also the designated Water Judge for the 8th Judicial District.

Judge Backus graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and is a licensed attorney in both California and New Mexico. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Backus held a variety of posts. She was Deputy Public Defender and Deputy Attorney General in San Francisco, California. She also worked in the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Taos and as an Assistant Attorney and Planning Director with the Town of Taos. She also served as Director and General Counsel of El Valle de los Ranchos Water & Sanitation District in Ranchos de Taos. Judge Backus has lived in Taos since 1994.

A New Mexico judge dismissed all charges against three suspects tied to a compound where alleged Muslim extremists reportedly trained children to be school shooters.

District Judge Emilio Chavez on Wednesday dismissed charges against three of the five defendants, ruling that authorities violated the state’s “10-day rule.”

Child abuse charges against Lucas Morton, Subhannah Wahhaj and Hujrah Wahhaj were dropped because prosecutors missed the 10-day limit for an evidentiary hearing to establish probable cause.

Flightmare wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:16 pm http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/29/ju ... pects.html

A New Mexico judge dismissed all charges against three suspects tied to a compound where alleged Muslim extremists reportedly trained children to be school shooters.

District Judge Emilio Chavez on Wednesday dismissed charges against three of the five defendants, ruling that authorities violated the state’s “10-day rule.”

Child abuse charges against Lucas Morton, Subhannah Wahhaj and Hujrah Wahhaj were dropped because prosecutors missed the 10-day limit for an evidentiary hearing to establish probable cause.

Beiruty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:34 pm I read somewhere that the arrests were based on hearsay and could not be backed by other evidence. I am not sure what is going on in this case.

Jusme wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:07 pm

Beiruty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:34 pm I read somewhere that the arrests were based on hearsay and could not be backed by other evidence. I am not sure what is going on in this case.

The terroristic training thesis, might be hearsay, or it might be based on evidence. But having emaciated children living in squalor, with the body(ies) of other children buried on the property, should be enough to hold them. JMHO

The terrorist camp in New Mexico seems to have mostly dropped off the media’s radar, as Islamic extremists training to slaughter Americans from within our borders isn’t particularly newsworthy to them. They reported it, but then seemed uninterested in following up on the story where a radical Muslim was training children to carry out a mass shooting in the name of Islam. Thwarted plans aren’t as interesting as those that get carried out, apparently.

However, there’s still information to learn about this, such as how we now know what the target supposedly was.

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:43 pm https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/ar ... arges.html

All five arrested on federal charges. Thank you Jeff Sessions. Now retire with dignity.

Leveille is a native of Haiti and the mother of six children taken into state custody during the compound raid, according to authorities who said she has been in the U.S. for more than 20 years after overstaying her non-immigrant visitor visa...Federal prosecutors in New Mexico say the group was preparing for violent attacks on government, military, educational and financial institutions.