AFTER RECEIVING A SLEW OF DEATH THREATS, JUDGE SARAH BACKUS IS NOW EXPLAINING WHY SHE RULED TO RELEASE THREE OF THE FIVE SUSPECTS ARRESTED AT A FILTHY COMPOUND IN TAOS COUNTY. THAT’S WHERE 11 STARVING CHILDREN WERE FOUND AND PLACED INTO CYFD CUSTODY.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS JUDGE BACKUS SAYS PROSECUTORS FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE WHEN THEY ASKED HER TO KEEP THE SUSPECTS IN JAIL. SHE SAYS SHE ALSO GOT TROUBLING EVIDENCE, BUT IT WAS NOT A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE THREE SUSPECTS TO BE RELEASED WERE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT THE 11 CHILDREN, BUT CYFD SECRETARY MONIQUE JACOBSON SAYS THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR THAT SO FAR.
