No Bail Reduction for BART Cop Johannes Mehserle

BART office Johannes Mehserle, charged with shooting and killing Oscar Grant on New Year's Day at the Frutivale station -- was dealt another blow last week. After asking to have his whopping $3 million bail reduced to a measly $100,000, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Larry Goodman denied his request. According to Michael Rains, Mehserle's attorney, the bail deserved a drastic cut because a previous judge "abused his discretion because he was influenced by the public's outrage over this case." Mehserle, we should point out, is now free after coughing up the $3 million bail.