A Bailout for Criminals: New York’s reform is freeing violent offenders who will harm again.

Wall Street Journal ^ | January 12, 2020

[karpov]

Label something “criminal-justice reform” these days and it’s likely to be whisked into law in left-leaning states with little thought to the consequences. Witness the fiasco of New York’s bail reform that took effect Jan. 1 and is already producing ill effects across the state.

The reform that passed last year eliminated cash bail for misdemeanors and certain nonviolent felonies. The idea was that people who were no threat to the community were locked up only because they couldn’t afford bail, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched it as a victory for fairness.

It turns out that some of those now going free aren’t as harmless as promised. Strict new timelines for evidence prosecutors must provide defendants means folks who otherwise should be locked up are also going free, especially on drug offenses.

In New York City, a woman was arrested three times in a week after initially assaulting Jews. After the third arrest she was finally detained in a psych ward—but only after the intervention of an embarrassed Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had said when the bail measure passed that he was “thrilled.”

There are similar stories throughout the state. In Fairport police released a man arrested pointing a loaded shotgun at someone, only to arrest him two hours later for going back and threatening the same person. In Peekskill a man arrested for breaking into a stranger’s home was released, then arrested a little while later for breaking a window at police headquarters on his way out. In Manhattan a homeless man arrested for various attacks, including repeatedly punching a woman in the face, was released. Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that a man who allegedly robbed four bank branches was released Thursday and promptly robbed another bank on Friday. He remains at large.

[karpov]

Related thread about an NY Post editorial: No, repairing the disastrous criminal-justice ‘reforms’ (in New York) isn’t about bringing back bail. I have not yet seen an NYT editorial admitting the problems with eliminating bail.

[LoveMyFreedom]

The crazy RATS. They are hoping the criminals as well as the illegals will vote for them. I really would love to know who started this insanity in this state let alone this country. New York state government is corrupt from the word go and the people in New York City and Albany, etc are so dumb that they will elect them again. This insanity reminds me of the Batman movies and our President is Batman!!!!!!!

[Alberta's Child]

Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that a man who allegedly robbed four bank branches was released Thursday and promptly robbed another bank on Friday. He remains at large.

I hope he remains at large for the rest of his life, and ends up robbing 500 banks instead of just five.

I wouldn't report his guy to the police even if I knew where he was, and knew that he was plotting to rob another bank. He ought to be awarded with the Keys to the State of New York, not arrested.

[Made In The USA]

Four of branches of the same bank? Wow, that’s what I call brand loyalty!

[hal ogen]

You get the results of what you vote for. Leftist/LIBs love to be leftist libs. Too bad for them.

[Thank You Rush]

“”then arrested a little while later for breaking a window at police headquarters on his way out.””

This guy was telling them something...clear as day. You folks are all nuts..

Best solution is put all the politicians in jail without bail and let the crooks run the asylum. How could it get any worse?

I saw deBlasio for a second on FOX this morning and he was talking about the guy who robbed another bank when he got out. Didn’t stick around for his blah blah!!

[Lurker]

It’s not a bug. It’s a feature.

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