Justices reject bid to revive Arizona no-bail law
Jun 1, 2015, 7:18 AM | Updated: 7:21 am
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected Maricopa County’s appeal to reinstate a state law that denies bail to people in the country illegally who are charged with certain crimes.
The justices on Monday left in place a lower-court ruling that struck down the law that Arizona voters approved in 2006.
The law denied bail to immigrants who are in the country illegally and have been charged with a range of felonies that include shoplifting, aggravated identity theft, sexual assault and murder.
As a result, immigrants spent months in jail and often simply pleaded guilty and were turned over to federal immigration authorities for deportation.
Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas said they would have heard the case. It takes the votes of four justices to hear an appeal.
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