Debate Over Pretrial Detention Process

01.27.23 – The line opinion panel discusses a debate that’s been reignited in the state legislature over our state’s pretrial detention process. Specifically, legislators are expected to take up a tool used to analyze the likelihood of a defendant showing up to court and/or committing a new crime if released.

Host/Correspondent: Gene Grant

Line Opinion Panelists:
T.J. Trout, radio host, KKOB
Andy Lyman, reporter, Santa Fe Reporter
Rebecca Latham, fmr. NM Cabinet Secretary

For More Information:

Influential NM senator calls for scrutiny of pretrial detention tool- Albuquerque Journal