Mar 30 2007
Man mistakenly released from jail, kills a Mesa man
Fingers are being pointed after a man released by mistake from jail allegedly stabbed and killed a man on Tuesday.
Ruben Rivera, 23, was let out of jail March 16th after a court administrator failed to deliver the right paperwork to the jail in time.
On Tuesday, police say Rivera killed a man in Mesa, then fled.
“The ball was dropped but it was not dropped by the county attorney’s office” said spokesperson Barnett Lotstein.
The County Attorney’s office went on the defensive, saying the court system should have never allowed bail for Rivera in the first place. After all, they said, Rivera is an illegal immigrant and under Proposition 100, judges should not grant them bail.