ORLANDO, Fla. _ The Pulse nightclub shooter's widow, Noor Salman, should stay in jail while she awaits trial on charges that she helped her husband as he planned the mass shooting, a federal appeals court ruled last week.
Salman had appealed a ruling from a federal judge in Orlando who ordered her held without bail, reversing a California magistrate judge's earlier decision to allow her release.
Salman's lawyer appealed, arguing that she would not be a flight risk or danger to the community.
Last week, a federal appeals court disagreed.
"No condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure her appearance or the safety of the community," judges from the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrote.
Salman's husband, Omar Mateen, was killed in a shoot-out with law enforcement three hours after he opened fire in the Pulse nightclub, killing 49 people and injuring at least 68 on June 12.
Salman was arrested in California in January. She faces charges of aiding and abetting the provision of support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice.
Her trial is currently set for March.
