OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several Douglas County law enforcement unions have endorsed a judge despite the controversy about bail he set for a man who was released and later charged with drunken driving in a crash that killed a woman.

The Omaha Police Officers Association and the unions representing Douglas County sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers have endorsed Douglas County Judge Jeffrey Marcuzzo, who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Opponents want Marcuzzo off of the bench or punished because they say the $50,000 bail he set for Eswin Mejia (meh-HEE’-uh) was too low. Police say Mejia, who was in the country illegally, collided with another vehicle while street racing in January, killing 21-year-old Sarah Root.

Mejia posted the required 10 percent of his bail and has been missing ever since.

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