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A teenager suspected in two murders has been set free on an ankle monitor after a judge used a "safety tool" from a bail reform group to determine he somehow does not pose a risk to [...]

Preventative detention motions are made to keep someone charged with violent crimes behind bars until trial. The Arnold Tool gives judges a recommendation on whether someone should be let out before trial.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The purpose of New Mexico’s Arnold Tool seems simple. According to an assistant public defender in the 2nd Judicial District, “the purpose of the Arnold Tool is to look at relative risk based on a number of factors of every person who gets arrested on a felony.” But what goes into the […]

Suspects in two recent high-profile New Mexico cases expect to find out soon whether they’ll be out of jail before their trials.

Robert S. Godshall

A teenage double murder suspect has been freed on an ankle monitor after a judge used a woke bail reform groups safety tool to decide he posed little risk to society.