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APNewsBreak: NYC to eliminate bail for non-violent suspects
Associated Press ^
| Jul 8, 2015 4:19 AM EDT
| Jake Pearson
Posted on 07/08/2015 1:41:02 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Officials say they’re eliminating cash bail for thousands of New Yorkers accused of misdemeanor and non-violent felonies in an effort to divert them from the Rikers Island jail complex.
An $18 million plan to be unveiled Wednesday will allow judges to instead require that people accused of certain crimes be monitored while they wait for their trial. …
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; nonviolent; nyc; rikersisland
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posted on
07/08/2015 1:41:02 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Predictable Effect:
The number of non-violent felons not showing up for court cases explodes exponentially.
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posted on
07/08/2015 1:44:31 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: Olog-hai
So Revenue Generation, I mean Law Enforcement has finally admitted they cannot incarcerate everyone. What a sad day for organized fascism.
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posted on
07/08/2015 2:35:41 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
To: rawcatslyentist
Your fee for the monitoring devices will be much higher than bond. There is also a lot of room here for altering motives. Agreeing to being monitored over posting bail or bond is in the details! Exactly what limits are on this monitoring? I could easily see D’Blasio and company using it to track, tap, hack, and listen to everything a political enemy does for purposes having nothing to do with justice.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:11:22 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Olog-hai
How many more public union members will be needed to do the monitoring? Follow the money!
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posted on
07/08/2015 10:51:12 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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