Here's a link to an article with much more insight on the situation. I'll wait before passing judgment on the guy...there's far too little info that's been made public so far, and many of the accusations leveled against the guy are factually incorrect.
What is obvious, is that he's been made into a bogey man by instilling irrational fear into the minds of the technically illiterate. And setting his bail at 5x times the going rate for murder? Sheesh...