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A judge has suspended a decision that would have allowed nine members of a Michigan militia to leave jail while they await trial.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts on Monday evening granted a request by the U.S. attorney's office to delay their release. Prosecutors have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to file an appeal.
The nine were supposed to be transported to the federal courthouse in Detroit where they would have been released Tuesday after completing paperwork.
Roberts set many conditions on the nine, who belong to a southern Michigan group called Hutaree.
They're charged with conspiracy to commit sedition, or rebellion, against the government. Prosecutors say they're too dangerous to be free, but the judge disagreed after holding a two-day hearing last week.
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Judge orders Hutaree freed to await trial
DETROIT - After being jailed more than a month and accused of plotting to kill area police officers, a federal judge ruled Monday the nine members of a Lenawee County-based militia should be released from custody until their trials.
U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts rejected arguments f
