A federal judge, reviewing the knife incident, told defendant Gabriel Augustin Garcia that he was "lucky" on Wednesday. Luck isn't all that's needed, as a majority of the more than 220 US Capitol riot defendants are released from jail as they await trial. The law sets a high bar for federal judges to keep defendants behind bars before a conviction, with only certain types of violent crimes making detaining defendants necessary. The Capitol riot defendants who are charged with, for example, assaulting police have stayed behind bars for the most part. The price of bailA CNN review of many of the Capitol riot cases shows that even among the released defendants, judges have taken widely varied approaches.

Source: CNN February 19, 2021 11:03 UTC