Supporters say 'warmhearted' Mexican Mafia member deserves bail. Wiretaps reveal murder threats
Los Angeles Times -

Johnny Martinez has support from pillars of the community. Officials from the American Civil Liberties Union, law professors, a pastor, a high school principal and two commissioners of the Los Angeles County Probation Department have all urged a judge to grant him bail. Except Martinez is no ordinary defendant. Nicknamed "Crow," he is a member of the Mexican Mafia, federal prosecutors say, charged with ordering a series of murders that allowed him to maintain a grip over street gangs and jail...

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