Albany, NY – Under New York’s " justice reforms," criminals must be provided with the names and contact information of victims and witnesses involved in the case against them.
Effective January 1, 2020, prosecutors will have just 15 days from the time of arraignment to hand over all evidence pertaining to a case – including victim and witness information, WSTM reported.
Cases can be dismissed if prosecutors fail to meat the deadline, Albany County District Attorney David Soares told the news outlet.
“’By the way, I have to provide your cell phone number to his lawyer in a few weeks,’” Soares used as an example of what he will be forced to tell crime victims. “I don’t know how I’m going to have these conversations with a victim.”
Under the law change, the court can also require crime scenes to remain unchanged so that defendants can be allowed to visit them, the New York Daily News reported.
Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon has been speaking out about the myriad of problems the sweeping changes will have throughout the state since they were passed back in April, the Staten Island Advance reported.
“We will undoubtedly see a chilling effect on cooperation by those impacted by crime, choosing instead to protect their own privacy and avoid being re-victimized,” McMahon warned. “While there certainly was room to improve New York’s criminal justice system, the ‘reforms’ to our bail and discovery statutes supported by our state Legislature and Governor Cuomo blew past any semblance of fairness or justice.”
So if a store is robbed, the defense can go to a judge and block any entry or repairs until the defense is done with it? Yeah, that won’t be abused either.
DoodleBob- please see my thread here for something in regard to what you just posted here- Liberals are destroying this country- bit by bit- and lately they are ramping up their efforts- many liberals are truly disguising Anti-Americans who hate this country and all we stand for- The thread is about their so called ‘New Way Forward Act’ which PROTECTS violent criminal illegal invaders and makes deporting them illegal-
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