DUBLIN — A Pleasanton woman has been released from jail while her murder case is pending, after a judge set her bail at $100,000, court records show.

Kennedy Stith, 28, was charged in September 2024 with fatally stabbing 32-year-old Edevion White, a crime she allegedly attempted to cover up by inventing a story about murderous home invasion robbers, according to court records. Stith spent nearly a jail in jail until last August, after Judge Brian Caruth set bail at a July court hearing.

Caruth ordered Stith to reside at a transitional housing center and obey all laws while out of custody, according to a transcript of the bail hearing.

“Given her conduct with regards to efforts at rehabilitation, the court is inclined to believe Ms. Stith is not particularly prone to continue to engage i

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