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DETROIT, May 6 (UPI) -- Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group remained in jail Thursday in Detroit after a federal appeals court stayed an order to grant them bail.
The defendants, their lawyers and friends and relatives packed a magistrate's courtroom expecting to learn the conditions of their release, The Detroit Free Press reported. Instead, they heard that the appeals court in Cincinnati had given defense lawyers a 5 p.m. deadline for briefs opposing the government's request to keep them behind bars.
Prosecutors say the Hutaree militia, allegedly led by David Stone, planned to kill a police officer and then set off a bomb aimed at the hundreds of officers attending the funeral. The government argues the group is a danger to society.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts ruled Wednesday the defendants could be released.
"It's frustrating," said William Rataj, who represents Stone's wife, Tina. "The government is so desperate right now. I just hope the 6th Circuit does what Victoria Roberts did and gives these people bonds."
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