ICE is undermining public safety, Suffolk DA says
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Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden denied prosecutors had any knowledge of ICE’s intent to arrest a defendant in the middle of his trial last week and said ICE’s escalating actions “jeopardize public safety” — a...
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“This action by ICE was troubling and extraordinarily reckless,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.
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Experts said it is ordinary for immigration authorities to detain defendants outside courthouses before or after pretrial hearings. But several had never heard of agents disrupting an ongoing trial.
The Suffolk DA addresses the controversial ICE arrest of Wilson Martell-Lebron outside a Boston courthouse during his trial, sparking judicial criticism.
The prosecutor told the judge that Christopher Miller had admitted shooting his father, retired Suffolk Det. John Miller, four times with a shotgun during a videotaped confession.