No. of Recommendations: 3
Was a judge involved in the lengthy pretrial detention, sometimes in solitary, of the accused but still innocent J6 offenders? BHM
More than 700 defendants have been arrested in the Jan. 6 attack
Lake said defendants were being held in "prison" without being charged, but defendants are held pre-trial in jails. The majority of defendants awaiting trial have been released from jail pending the outcome of their case. The number of defendants detained pretrial is between 75 and 85 at any given time, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
As of March 6, more than 775 defendants had been arrested in connection with the Capitol attack.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., summarized the charges in a recent update. More than 245 individuals have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding police officers or employees, with over 80 of those charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.
