Posted on 01/23/2020 12:26:37 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
San Francisco's top prosecutor announced his office will no longer ask for cash bail as a condition for defendants' pretrial release, fulfilling one of his key campaign promises. District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who took office two weeks ago, said Wednesday prosecutors will use a "risk-based system" and weigh whether a defendant might flee or pose a threat to public safety.
The former public defender has often said the cash bail system unfairly affects indigent defendants and people of color, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"For years I've been fighting to end this discriminatory and unsafe approach to pretrial detention," Boudin said in a statement. "From this point forward, pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth."
The child of incarcerated parents, Boudin's policy goes a step further than his predecessor, George Gascón, who scaled back requests for cash bail by introducing an algorithmic risk assessment tool in 2016. The district attorney's office on Wednesday said this tool "has allowed prosecutors and judges to preserve the constitutional protection of presumed innocence, while maintaining public safety through objective data."
San Francisco's police union criticized Boudin's decision.
"Mr. Boudin is in the process of building the largest criminal justice revolving door imaginable, and San Franciscans will pay a heavy price for it," said Tony Montoya, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association. "Relying solely on an arbitrary math equation regarding who remains in custody and who gets out early will endanger residents and police officers but it sure will make career criminals and gang members happy."
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Will they be dealing in sexual favors only? Everyone can contribute in compassionate San Fran.
Sidewalk chocolate is acceptable in lieu of cash.
Well, maybe this will reduce crime.................all over the country except for New York and San Francisco...All criminals will be moving to those cities so they can commit crime after crime with no punishment...
I’m starting to get a feel for the source of their problems.
Sooooo.. giving out free needles to the addicts, letting homeless pee and poop anywhere they want, and criminals don’t need to worry about bail money.
I think we need to build a wall around this paradise.
We trust these criminals to show up for their trial, just like the asylum seekers return for their hearing - SF DA
Can they pay in meth or crack?
Bill di Blasio and New York instituted a no bail policy and now San Francisco is saying “Hold My Beer”......
Completely take away the right of law abiding citizens to protect themselves and release criminals back onto the street and you will have anarchy in short order
I guess the only thing left for everyone is to become criminals-
Who the hell besides insane people think this is a good idea requiring no bail For CRIMINALS?
Howe the hell is this insanity being alloweD?
Excuse my weariness but my gosh this country is goi9ng freakin insane!
They are as dumb as New York. Reap what you sow morons.
"That's a heluva price to pay for being stylish."
Isn’t NY going through this now with lots of unintended consequences?
Hope they learn from them.
If you have friends in high places, you get out.
If you don’t, too bad.
SF sinks deeper into its own feces.
SF sinks deeper into its own feces.
And Chicago. And Philadelphia. And Minneapolis.
Essentially any place the Woke Ones rule.
Check out who this idiot’s (adoptive) parents are: billy ayres and jojo dorhn. Apple, tree, you know the rest.
So in essence you are literally making money the benchmark on whether someone is released or not prior to their next court date. Doesn't that seem kinda odd to anyone?
How many ounces of crack will pay a typical bail?
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