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Charlotte judge Aretha Blake frees alleged killer with no bail

antithesis

Posted 1:33 pm, 04/22/2024

Can you two really not talk about anything other than Biden and Trump?

logger#1

Posted 11:09 am, 04/21/2024

If that was TRUMP he would be ****** but others get by with murder

Anonymoose

Posted 4:11 pm, 04/20/2024

Democrats

antithesis

Posted 2:13 pm, 04/20/2024

It seems like the law needs to be changed on this. I understand that they usually offer an unsecured bond for juveniles and minor crimes, but that should never be an option for murder.

And since he would definitely be tried as an adult, it makes no sense to use a precedent meant for minors.

There's very little chance that we'll ever see this guy again, he's probably on his way to Mexico as we speak...

DB Cooper

Posted 12:16 pm, 04/20/2024

A Charlotte family is outraged after a teen, accused of killing a young father, was let out of jail without bond.
Abijah Barkley, 21, was found shot to death on March 9 at Southside Homes on Griffith Street.

Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old and charged him with murder.

"That call that night shattered everything," said Malaysia Barkley, Abijah Barkley's sister. "You go to the hospital thinking he's going to be alright."


Judges kept the accused murderer in jail until Thursday.

"He took my son, took a father, brother, a grandson," said the victim's mother, who didn't want to be identified.

The accused killer went before Judge Aretha Blake and the family said she released the teen on a $300,000 unsecured bond.

A person in jail does not have to come up with money to get out of jail when issued an unsecured bond.

The suspect's release was a punch in the gut for family members.

"I feel it's very unfair because my brother will not be able to come home," Malaysia Barkley told Channel 9 on Friday.


Abijah Barkley was the father of a 4-month-old daughter. He worked overnights at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

During the day, he worked for a food delivery service to support his young family.

"It really was very unfair, and the judge didn't seem to care about any of that," Malaysia Barkley said.
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