Crime & Safety
Charged With Killing Roommate, BSU Student Released On Bond
Alexis Simpson, 19, was released on bond last week pending the trial in which she is charged with first-degree murder.
The student accused of killing her roommate in September was released on bond last week pending her upcoming trial.
Simpson, 19, is She turned herself in the night of the stabbing.
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She was and has been in jail since September.
“I think the judge recognized you’ve got a college student with no real record,” Simpson’s attorney, Christopher Griffiths, told the Times. “She certainly is not a threat to the community or to anyone.”
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She will be confined to her mother's District Heights home while she awaits trial.
To read more about Simpson's hearing, read The Washington Times.
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