Posted on 01/04/2022 4:02:56 PM PST by TexasGurl24
The newly-elected Manhattan district attorney is pledging not to seek prison sentences for the majority of violent felony offenders in his jurisdiction, limiting incarceration only to convicted murderers and some convict of violent crimes involving weapons.
Alvin Bragg’s office announced in documents released Tuesday that “the office will not seek carceral sentence other than for homicide” or “class B violent felony in which a deadly weapon causes serious injury, domestic violence felonies,” and a handful of exceptions.
New York County is coextensive with the city borough of Manhattan. Bragg, who was elected as New York County District attorney last year, is also planning simply not to prosecute crimes involving traffic violations, interference with an arrest, trespassing, and resisting arrest.
Bragg’s office will seek a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, even in cases involving murder. This would all but assure some convicted murderers would spent approximately 15 years in prison for their crimes, a comparative drop in the bucket when weighed against the lives of their victims.
Bragg is pledging to release defendants charged with serious crimes from jail before their trials, doubling down on New York’s controversial “bail reform” law that has allowed career criminals impunity to commit a bevvy of violent offenses as they await trial. Even defendants who refuse to appear for court for violent offenses won’t face additional sanction.
Even some forms of armed robbery would be treated as misdemeanors under Bragg’s jailbreak policies.
Newly-elected Democrat NYC Mayor Eric Adams has talked tough on crime, with city residents tired of the “progressive” third-world governance of Bill De Blasio. However, Bragg’s commitment to an anarcho-tyrannical style of criminal justice- similar to that devastating liberal cities such as San Francisco- may make it impossible for Adams to deliver the tough-on-crime policies New York City’s liberal residents have come to realize are necessary.
The murder rate in New York City has skyrocketed to highs unseen since the 1990’s since the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter riot revolution.
The social compact between government and citizens is that in exchange for you not to seek revenge, we the state will punish the offender.
If the state refuses to uphold their end of the bargain then the citizens do not need to up hold theirs.
The last person to leave NYC, please turn out the lights.
Wow, mind bogglingly stupid. Thank God I live in the stocks 800 miles away. I feel bad for the truely innocent who didn’t vote for thos garbage that will suffer. As for the majority that did, ill be munching popcorn as the city tears itself apart.
I would say, no.
Cue Snake Plissken.
Turning the borough of Manhattan into an even bigger shit hole than it already is. The people of Manhattan, deserve everything they get.
NYS is closing 6 prisons this spring.
God help the law-abiding.
“It primarily affects rich liberals, so I don’t care.”
I’m with you - if we let them run wild at the local level (only), then there is at least a chance that people will learn just who they are. Of course I’m probably dreaming.
So true, but apparently NYers are apparently too stupid to realize the cause and effect
Go ahead, Bite the Big Apple, don’t mind the maggots.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/how-george-soros-funded-progressive-das-behind-us-crime-surge/
Soros also donated $1 million to Alvin Bragg’s successful DA campaign in Manhattan, funneling the cash through the Color of Change political action committee, according to public filings.
My wife wants to go visit NYC, she’s from China and has never been there. I told her that I will never set foot in NYC ever again.
These people like Bragg are sick monsters.
Soon NY State and City will consist of only criminals and victims (note that gov’t officials are in the criminal category).
The Democrats are out for the total destruction of America and everyone in it. It’s the only explanation for their actions.
How long before the rest of us start building a wall around NY?
Good it couldn’t happen to a better place. Let the libs wallow in their shit.
armed robbery will skyrocket - as long as the perp does not shoot the weapon no jail time?
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