Letting anyone charged with murder out on bond seems foolish to me unless there is a reasonable question of self-defense. If someone is such a hot-head that they murder out of rage, then they should not be allowed to walk free in society.
The Squad and others, supported by millions of younger voters in surveys, believe bond requirements and the incarceration of blacks are part of the white racism that have to be eliminated.
AOC, Oct.7, 2019 Tweet:
Mass incarceration is our American reality. It is a system whose logic evolved from the same lineage as Jim Crow, American apartheid, & slavery.
To end it, we have to change.
That means we need to have a real conversation about decarceration & prison abolition in this country.
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Citing the ongoing chaos and continuing fatalities on Rikers Island, two of New York City’s House members, Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are calling on local district attorneys to seek lower bails and empty city jails.
“We have grave concerns that excessive bail amounts are leading to unnecessary pretrial detention and contributing to a humanitarian crisis in New York City’s jail system, particularly on Rikers Island,” the representatives noted in separate letters submitted to all five New York City district attorneys on Monday.
WNYC Nov.22, 2021.