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	Perlitz Detained By Chris Simmons Fairfield Mirror November 4, 2009 http://fairfieldmirror.com/2009/11/04/perlitz-detained/ Last Wednesday, Federal Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis detained Doug Perlitz '92 after his lawyers withdrew their argument against his detainment. William F. Dow III, Perlitz's lead attorney, asked for the right to continue the matter at a later date if the defense should choose to. The government's petition for detainment was granted without prejudice. Dow said that the defense had not yet met the conditions that Margolis had set forth for his release, but that ultimately, he will ask for Perlitz to be released once he secures the finances. "It's an extraordinary bond requirement," said Dow after the hearing. "It involves a bunch of moving parts, like playing three-level chess." But the day before, the lawyers for Doug Perlitz '92, filed a new motion, which submitted a new proposal for Perlitz's release. Margolis seemed to indicate that she would accept a bond in the $4-5 million range along with increased third-party custodians during the first portion of the hearing, which took place 20 days beforehand. The new proposal included 19 other people to raise bail money along with 12 more third-party back-up custodians. Dow said that motion was just an outline of a package and that it is a "dynamic one, not a static one, pieces have to be filled in." That motion was followed by a rebuttal by the government. The government also attached "Exhibit A," which stated that after a very preliminary investigation by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent, Perlitz's computer was found to contain over 100 images of nude black males performing sex acts along with numerous URLs to various sex Web sites. "We haven't seen any information about what they are alleging with the computer," said Dow. "There is nothing illegal about any of the conduct the government described." The hearing was also attended by 12 Haitians from New York City, led by the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network, who want to give the Haitian children a voice in the courtroom after the first hearing was packed with Perlitz supporters.
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