1.   A few plea agreements were reached, and some defendants were released.

2.   His attorney asked that the defendant be released on bond while the case was on appeal.

3.   More often than not, defendants were released on bail shortly after their arrest, and the bail magistrates collected the fee.

4.   The defendants were released Friday by Judge Josi Luis Reyes Contreras.

5.   The governor also proposed that when a defendant accused of domestic violence is released at a bail hearing, emergency restraining orders should be automatically imposed.

6.   The parents and girlfriend of a Dayton man accused of sending computer tapes containing child pornography asked a federal magistrate on Monday to release the defendant on bond.

7.   A sixth defendant was released.

8.   All the other defendants were released on bail at the start of the case.

9.   Drug defendants are rarely released on bail in Guyana, but a judge invoked special rules that allow releases if inmates are in danger.

10.   Four other defendants were released on probation, while legal action against two others was still pending.