Legally, a judge can take up to 48 hours to review a bond and forward it to the prosecutors to either accept or challenge its eligibility which has taken 192 hours, since it was filed before Judge Kontoe on Monday, March 4, 2019. After ten minutes of discussion Judge Kontoe reminded the defense’s lawyers that he was still reviewing the substance of the bond. Besides, Judge Kontoe is said to have assured the lawyers that by today, Friday, March 8, 2019, he would have completed his review of the bond. Both Judge Kontoe and the defense lawyers yesterday did not disclose the monetary value of the bond, despite expressed concerns by reporters to know the actual cost of the bond. “I cannot understand why would a judge delay the review of a bond that was filed before him over four days ago.”

Source: Daily Observer March 08, 2019 02:26 UTC