Mobile County judges are no longer allowing problematic electronic monitoring companies to watch over defendants' whereabouts. This move comes after Nyyon Sanders, who was out on bond for murder and ordered to wear an ankle monitor, was arrested again last week for shooting and killing another man in a place he was not allowed to go as a condition of his bond.
"I was told that the monitoring company would not have even known about it until 8am the next morning. That's just unacceptable," said Blackwood. Pipes says there are concerns private companies charge too much, have a financial motive not to report violations, and are not monitoring 24/7.
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