Tina Peters packed courtroom and phone lines Judge drags out… next hearing not scheduled yet. Pray for Tina
The courtroom on Tuesday and an overflow room were both packed with Peters supporters, many of whom wore pins calling for her to be freed from prison.
Her attorney, Peter Ticktin, confirmed in an interview with Newsline on Monday that he has been in contact with the Department of Justice.
“I’ve basically been letting people at the DOJ understand what our situation is, or her situation is, and remember, the president of the United States basically called for her immediate release and has made it very clear that she’s a political prisoner,” Ticktin said.
Peters was convicted by a Mesa County jury, and prosecuted by the office of a Republican district attorney. There has been no credible claim that the trial was politically compromised.
==Varholak brought up the atypical nature of the habeas corpus petition= , in that it is not a petition calling for the overturn of a conviction or an unsuccessful appeal, but for Peters to be released on bail pending her appeal.
“Do you have any cases, anywhere, ever, where a court has granted habeas on an appeal bond?” Varholak said.
Peters’ attorneys did not provide the precedent of a case in which a petition under such circumstances has been granted. They acknowledged the unusual nature of the request, but argued that Peters should be released on bail due to health and safety concerns.
“If there has ever been a case where someone should be released on bail, this is the case,” Ticktin said in court. “She’s living in hell, because someone is afraid of what she might say.”
Peters had asked to attend Tuesday’s hearing remotely from prison in Pueblo, but her motion was denied on July 8. Peters’ attorneys said in the motion that she wanted to attend the hearing Tuesday because the issues being discussed “affect her liberty interests.”
Ticktin said in the interview with Newsline that Peters, who is 70 years old, has fibromyalgia.
The date of a subsequent hearing has yet to be scheduled, = but Varholak gave the state attorney general’s office and Peters’ attorneys several weeks to provide updated briefs and responses.==
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