Here in New Mexico and around the nation we have been undergoing something called âbail reformâ for many years. In fact, as early as 1966, our country has had an ongoing movement to reform bail, so it is nothing really new.
Magistrate John Chavez
The purpose of these reforms is to improve our justice system by assuring court appearances by those who are charged with a crime and maximizing the safety of communities. The law of the land has long recognized that most people who are arrested are entitled to be released from custody while awaiting trial.
Some may dispute this, but from my perspective our journey with bail reform in New Mexico began to accelerate in 2014 with a New Mexico Supreme Court decision titled State of New Mexico v. Walter Ernest Brown.
May 5, 2021
Two New Mexico state agencies confirmed on Wednesday in a letter that medical cannabis purchase limits will not increase, as it was previously suggested last month by a group of medical cannabis producers.
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In an official response to the group of five medical cannabis producers, New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Tracie Collins and state Regulation and Licensing Department Superintendent Linda Trujillo wrote that until commercial cannabis sales begin next year medical cannabis patients’ purchases will be limited to roughly eight ounces of cannabis in a rolling 90-day period. The Medical Cannabis Program, which is currently overseen by DOH, limits purchases to 230 units in 90-days. The program defines a unit as one gram of dried, smokable cannabis or 0.2 grams of cannabis concentrates or derivatives.
Lawyers in the Legislature
“You’re not a lawyer and you’ve never been in the Legislature,” said the line in the TV commercial.
This line helped get Garrey Carruthers elected governor in 1986. Toney Anaya, former state attorney general, was the unpopular incumbent governor that year, so New Mexicans favored a candidate who made his lack of legal background into a virtue.
This year, the lawyers in the Legislature have done well for themselves and their colleagues.
A few highly publicized and controversial bills, now signed, created new business opportunities for lawyers, which the rest of us will pay for.
They picked an interesting case – one that understandably has riled up victims.
Jesse Mascareno-Haidle, 18, is a suspect in 80 home burglaries in the Albuquerque area. He and juvenile accomplices allegedly targeted mostly high-end homes that often backed up to golf courses or open space. They entered the homes at night – while residents were sleeping – through windows that were cracked open or doors that weren’t locked or barred. They allegedly stole property ranging from guns to televisions to laptops to Xboxes to cellphones. In some cases, they took car keys and drove away with the stolen loot in the victim’s vehicle. They allegedly roamed from the Sandia Heights to the West Side down to Los Lunas.
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