Thread: U.S. Marshals Let Fugitives Come to Them, in Church

U.S. Marshals Let Fugitives Come to Them, in Church

NASHVILLE, Aug. 5 — Since March, David Moran has been looking over his shoulder. Not a day passes, he said, that he does not think about the arrest warrant issued after he missed a court hearing for driving without a license.

On Friday, Mr. Moran took an opportunity from the United States Marshals Service to remedy his situation by showing up at a church here where hundreds of people with outstanding warrants have surrendered.

“You never know when you’re going to be picked up,â€

The program transplants court apparatus into the safe confines of a church. Fugitives with lesser crimes — traffic violations or minor drug offenses, for example — work out a plea deal with public defenders and prosecutors, then go before a judge. Typically, the judge dismisses the warrant, and the defendant goes home.

In felony cases, a judge generally sets a new court date and the person goes free without posting bond, although more than three dozen fugitives in Nashville were arrested and taken into custody because of the seriousness of their crimes.

This is outrageous! Is there no law and order in this country anymore. What sort of lesson are we teaching folks when we ignore the law for the sake of convenience.