Public safetyFinding
New Mexico should presume that people charged with serious violent felonies stay jailed until trial.
New Mexico judges decide pretrial detention case by case, and prosecutors must prove a defendant is dangerous. A presumption would shift the burden so defendants charged with certain violent felonies must show they should be released.
Deb Haaland
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- Verified AI research, accepted by the VoteVera editor on Sep 24, 2026.
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