Re: 'Dog' wants leash loosened with bail
- From: "Estrella" <estrella_neapoli@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Sep 2006 09:20:44 -0700
This is 2006. This incident was over and done with in 2003. Why, in
2006 are we going after Dog for arresting a serial rapist. If there
were any legal issues, then why did they not come up in 2003. Because
it is politics. The proof, is that this story is being squashed in the
news. I see no story on Dog's arrest on
television.??????????????????????????Where are you ch 2, 4, & 7
news?????????????????????????????????
tiny dancer wrote:
'Dog' wants leash loosened with bail
The bounty hunter's defense asks that he be free on bail before an
extradition hearing
By Debra Barayuga
dbarayuga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The "Dog" spent last night in the federal pound.
Duane "Dog" Chapman, the well-known bounty hunter made even more famous by
his A&E reality show, was arrested yesterday at his Portlock Road residence
in connection with his June 2003 capture of convicted rapist and Max Factor
heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Also arrested in different locations were his son Leland and partner,
Timothy Chapman.
Honolulu attorney Brook Hart, who represented all three yesterday at an
initial appearance in U.S. District Court, said the Chapmans are alleged to
have violated Mexican law that prohibits the capture of fugitives by persons
not authorized under Mexican law. The Mexican government is seeking to
extradite the trio.
The three Chapmans, barefoot and shackled, filed unsmiling into a federal
courtroom that was standing room only. Some were federal employees curious
to see the "Dog" in person.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren is expected to hear arguments today and
will decide whether to set bail and release the trio or have them held
without bail pending an extradition hearing.
The United States has an extradition treaty with Mexico, and the two
countries extradite people all the time. "But usually, they're extraditing
serious criminals, not somebody who assisted in arresting a serious
criminal -- so it's an unusual case," Hart said.
He said the three men did the world "a great service" by capturing Luster,
who fled during his trial and was convicted in absentia of drugging and
raping three women. Luster was returned to the United States to serve a
124-year sentence.
Flanked by family members and her husband's associates, Chapman's wife,
Beth, exited the federal courthouse yesterday clutching the steel-toed boots
her husband had been wearing when he was arrested.
As a throng of reporters and cameras surrounded them, she thanked all their
supporters and vowed to clear the Chapman name.
"The Chapman name stands for something," she said, her voice breaking. "If
we did something wrong, we will stand up for it, and if Duane has to return
to Mexico to take care of any misunderstandings, then that's what we will
do."
"We love Hawaii," she said. "We will never hurt anyone on this planet; we
will never hurt anyone on this island."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Johnson noted the case is not a domestic
criminal case and that the right to bail does not apply to extradition
cases. "Since this is an international issue between two governments, there
is a presumption against bail unless in special circumstances."
Hart argued this is an unusual case and that Chapman put his efforts and
time, and at considerable risk, to find Luster.
If released, Hart said Chapman is "happy" to check in with the federal
pretrial services office as often as several times a day if he has to. He
described Chapman, owner of Da Kine Bail Bonds in downtown Honolulu, as an
internationally known figure who has lived in Hawaii since 1979.
"He wants to go home with his wife and family and continue to film two times
a week the TV program for A&E," Hart said. "If there's one person who can't
be missed, it's Duane Chapman."
Attorneys for Chapman in Mexico are currently trying to resolve this issue,
which could negate the need for an extradition hearing and allow him to
return to Mexico, Hart said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren indicated that the defense would have to
make a good argument that special circumstances exist to allow bail in this
case, and requested they return with more information. "I'm inclined, with
appropriate cash bail requirement, to consider releasing the Chapmans," he
said.
"They certainly have strong family ties here given their notoriety, and the
financial stake they have in their business operation makes it unlikely they
will risk all of that by fleeing," Kurren said.
Among those attending yesterday's hearing were California visitors Jack and
Sharon and Jack Phillips' cousin Paulette Lollar, who heard of Chapman's
arrest while visiting Da Kine Bail Bonds and came to support him.
"I'm a big fan, and I came to show my support for Dog and his family,"
Lollar said.
"He's great," said Sharon Phillips. "He's doing the work that somebody else
doesn't want to do."
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