Taos judge slammed for refusing to hold suspects
(WorldNews Mexico)

“One caller said she wished someone would come and smash the judge’s head,” he said. At least one caller threatened violence against all staffers in the courthouse. No one was allowed to enter the courthouse after 3 p.m., but Massey said staffers remained at work inside and a civil trial not overseen by Judge Backus continued. News reporters were told to leave. State District Judge Sarah C. Backus is facing a backlash after she ruled Monday that five defendants from a ramshackle Taos County compound raided Aug. 3 can be released from jail pending trial. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Backus - who on Monday denied a state motion to keep the Muslim compound...