UPDATE, March 26, 2009: Benson bail upped to $1 million
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When I heard that Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis had lowered alleged murderer Mark Benson's bail, I was thoroughly disgusted.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis reduced bail after Benson's attorney filed a motion seeking to modify it. Davis said $500,000 remained a substantial sum to ensure Benson would show up for court proceedings if he were released.
Benson must adhere to several restrictions placed on him by the court. He is prohibited from possessing or consuming alcohol or drugs and from having contact with the family of the victims. Any prescriptions must be filled at a single pharmacy and the drugs taken as directed by a physician. Another condition of his release limits his travel to adjacent counties.
As soon as I learned that Benson had posted bail, I feared for the safety of the community.
I knew that he couldn't be trusted.
OF COURSE Benson didn't adhere to the conditions of his release.
Anyone who thought he would is a fool.
Thank God Benson is back in jail before he could injure or kill another person.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Mark M. Benson, the former physician charged in the deaths of a popular Oconomowoc educator, her unborn child and her 10-year-old daughter, is back in the Waukesha County Jail after authorities searched his home Tuesday night and seized controlled medications, among other items, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department said this morning.
Benson had been freed from the jail on $500,000 bail Feb. 20, days after a judge reduced his bail from $1 million.
Sheriff's Detective Steve Pederson said the Waukesha County Metro Drug Enforcement Group executed a search warrant at Benson's Summit home about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Pederson said he could not say what prompted authorities to seek the search warrant.
Benson is scheduled to be in court at 1:30 p.m. today for a hearing related to his bail.
If Benson is allowed to walk out of that courtroom and not walk right back in to a jail cell, it will be a mistake of mammoth proportions.
Freeing Benson would create a clear and present danger to the public.
He has taken the lives of three people already. Right now, it's not safe for him to be anywhere but a jail cell.
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