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0 pointsericcumbee12y ago0 comments

I think your jumping the gun. From reading that article, it sounds like the Police are holding them on those charges. It does not sound it's made it to the prosecutor yet. The police can arrest you on charges, but it is up to the prosecutor if they actually want to prosecute.

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swalkergibson12y ago· 4 in thread

It would appear that Stefan Warner has been formally charged, arraigned, and bail set at $1,000 on one count of a terrorism hoax. I did not look up the other woman, but I assume that she has also been charged formally.

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/GetCaseInformation.asp...

sp33212y ago

That says a judge has been appointed to determine probable cause in the arrest. According to http://www.oklahomacounty.org/Judges/page/Judge-Russell-Hall... that judge calls 45,000 cases per year - that's a case every 20 minutes 24x7. One imagines he has a low tolerance for people wasting his time.

Crito12y ago

With that sort of throughput, I have to wonder if he even has the time to determine if people are wasting his time.

andygates12y ago

It seems to me there's a clear difference between a "terrorism hoax" and "jumping at shadows", just waiting to be clearly exploited by their counsel...

ericcumbeeOP12y ago

That record looks fairly sparse. I think the default behavior is that they move forward like they will prosecute until a decision has been made not to.

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