ACTION 7 NEWS, LIVE AT 10:00.
DOUG: THE D.A. SAYS THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING THE
WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND IT'S
IMPACTING YOUR SAFETY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, HE'S ASKING YOU
TO GET INVOLVED.
TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN
EXPLAINS.
NANCY: THIS IS POLICE BODY
CAMERA VIDEO OF AN OFFICER
-LIGHTING A CIG FOR MORRIS MORA.
BY NOW THE COPS KNOW HIM.
HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THEM TOO.
COURT RECORDS SHOW MORA HAS BEEN
ARRESTED OVER AND OVER, THIS
YEAR FOR STEALING 5 CARS IN SIX
WEEKS.
BUT SOMEHOW MORA ALWAYS MANAGES
TO MAKE IT OUT ON THE STREETS.
>> IF YOU WERE GOING TO DRILL
DOWN TO THE HEART OF THE AUTO
THEFT PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY,
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
NANCY: AN EXAMPLE, THE DA SAYS,
OF SOMEONE WITH AN ADDICTION
PROBLEM, AND SOMEONE WHO HAS
REALLY BENEFITTED FROM COURT
RULES RECENTLY PUT IN PLACE IN
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HOLD MR. MORA
ACCOUNTABLE, BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S
NOT IN DETENTION, HE'S NOT IN
CUSTODY, HE'S ON THIRD PARTY
RELEASE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NANCY: HERE'S HOW.
COURT RECORDS SHOW POLICE BUSTED
HIM IN JANUARY ON AUTO THEFT.
THEN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, SAME
CHARGES BUT THIS TIME
HE'S BUSTED FOR HEROIN TOO.
BUT BECAUSE OF SPEEDY TRIAL
RULES, ALSO CALLED THE CASE
MANAGEMENT ORDER, THE D.A.
HAD TO TEMPORIARLY DISMISS THOSE
CHARGES UNTIL ALL THE EVIDENCE
WAS IN.
HE FEARED IF HE DIDN'T, THE CASE
WOULD GET TOSSED ALTOGETHER
IN MARCH, POLICE BUSTED MORA
AGAIN ON AUTO THEFT.
THIS TIME, THEY SAY HE HAD A
GUN.
BUT MORA BENEFITTED, AGAIN.
A NEW SCALE JUST IN PLACE, PUTS
A NUMBER ON HOW DANGEROUS A
PERSON IS OR ISN'T.
BECAUSE MORA'S AUTO THEFT CASES
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WERE
DISMISSED, THEY DIDN'T COUNT
AGAINST HIM.
MORA IS ON THE STREETS.
>> WE HAVE TO HOLD THESE
INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE OR WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE
DAY TO DAY CRIME.
NANCY: THURSDAY, THE DA IS
MEETING WITH THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE COUNCIL, THE FOLKS
RECOMMENDING THESE RULES.
HE ASKING THEM TO FIX THEM.
THAT MEETING IS HAPPENING AT
2:00 AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY
COURTHOUSE.
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