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Few subjects are more touchy that the topic of criminal justice. From the George Floyd incident to “defund the police,” everybody appears to have a strong opinion on the matter. That also holds true for the criticism that leftists are far too soft on crime, oftentimes to the detriment of society. Tragically, the issue reared its ugly head again recently after a horrific shooting in Ohio. According to Fox News, a repeat offender criminal shot and killed an Ohio man just days after a liberal nonprofit had helped pay for his bail, thus getting him out of prison. “Donnie Allen...

The Bail Project, whose employee Holly Zoller drove the U-Haul in Louisville that gave supplies to antifa, received up to $1M in federal COVID relief funds. National File reported yesterday that Holly Zoller, a professional “Bail Disruptor” for the Bail Project, was caught driving a U-Haul truck that gave out supplies to Antifa rioters in Louisville, including what looked like shields. The rioters were protesting the result of the investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, and the lack of murder charges that resulted. The Bail Project has ties to a number of famous faces. The board of advisors include...

Donnie Allen allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old Benjamin McComas at a Cleveland light rail station around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, according to Fox 8. Allen was charged with aggravated murder and arraigned on a $1 million bond. Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show Allen was charged with drug possession, breaking and entering, vandalism, obstructing official business and possessing criminal tools in relation to a separate incident at a Cleveland light rail station on Dec. 4. His bond was initially set at $15,000, which was later lowered by Judge Joy Kennedy to $5,000 on Dec. 8. In that...

Antifa rioters continue to plague American cities, but who pays for them? Seamus Bruner, VP of Research for the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), is just back from a White House panel last week where independent journalists who have covered Antifa’s activities explained their findings for several Cabinet secretaries and President Donald Trump himself, a surprise attendee. GAI’s crack team of researchers has already uncovered more than $100 million of taxpayer money fed into the protest industrial complex. Bruner shared GAI’s research with the president and the cabinet secretaries tracing the money that enables the rioting by Antifa and its allied...

A shadowy for-profit company and its nonprofit counterpart provide free services to at least 40 far-left prosecutor offices, raising questions about whether it’s working on behalf of taxpayers or of donors who have essentially bought government. The Wren Collective is a shadowy group that emerged from a Cold War-era initiative aimed at promoting Soviet films in the United States. Its current iteration — funded by a former Enron executive and host of other leftist megadonors — claims that America’s “system of policing and mass incarceration is deeply flawed and intractably racist.” The group has intervened on specific criminal cases, written...

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SummaryTrump urges Congress to end no-cash bail policies US attorney for District of Columbia advocates charging more juveniles as adults Critics say cash bail reinforces racial and economic disparities and creates a two-tiered justice system WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Monday he would ask Congress to tighten U.S. crime laws as part of a crackdown on violent crime in the District of Columbia and other U.S. cities.Trump said Congress should end reforms in Chicago, New York and some other cities that allow some accused criminals to get out of jail ahead of their trial dates...

A judge has refused to reduce the bail for the paroled murderer of a Rockland teenager who is accused of groping a woman at a Cortlandt dog park. Robert McCain, 64, appeared virtually before Westchester Judge Robert Prisco from the county jail on Friday, Aug. 8 as his lawyer Robert Nachamie argued that inconsistencies in the alleged victim's account and McCain's good behavior on parole meant he should be released without bail. But Prisco consented to Assistant District Attorney Mollie O'Rourke's request to keep the bail amount the same. O'Rourke argued that other than the victim's confusion about the date...

A 52-year-old Waukegan man accused of hiding a woman’s body in a trash can full of bleach couldn’t be jailed under Illinois’ new no-cash bail law when he was arrested in April. But on Saturday, his luck ran out. Federal immigration agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez at a Chicago market over the weekend, saying he is a Mexican national living in the United States illegally. And unlike local prosecutors and judges, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn’t constrained by Illinois’ SAFE-T Act. Authorities say he concealed the body of 37-year-old Megan Bos of Antioch, who disappeared in February. After nearly...

A violent suspect who was arrested trying to shut down a pro-Daniel Penny rally in Manhattan was out on bond for a leftist domestic terrorism case in Atlanta. Teresa Yue Shen, 31, of Brooklyn, was one of several far-left militants charged with domestic terrorism in January in Atlanta, following a deadly shooting incident at an Antifa-linked autonomous zone occupation at the heart of the “Stop Cop City” movement. Shen’s $20,000 bond was fronted by far-left activist Daniel Hanley. The Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a project of 501(c)(3) nonprofit Network For Strong Communities, has been raising cash for Antifa and domestic terrorism...

This showed up on my FB feed this morning. Waiting for confirmation on omaha.com. Omaha police are not happy with it.

The second suspect in the alleged kidnapping and torture of an Italian bitcoin dealer inside a SoHo townhouse was seen scowling as he was remanded without bail in court Tuesday night. After he partied it up in the Hamptons over the weekend, William Duplessie appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, where his lawyer claimed the 33-year-old crypto trader’s criminal case will “begin to unravel” when more details come out. “The facts here are hotly disputed, his involvement is hotly disputed,” attorney Sanford Talkin claimed to Judge Julieta Lozano during his nighttime arraignment hearing. Duplessie, who sported a frown at the hearing,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has refused to bail out Los Angeles, which is facing a $1 billion deficit, in his latest budget proposal, as the state itself faces a massive $12 billion deficit. The Los Angeles Times reports: Deeper in the budget proposal, no salvation was found for L.A. And at a news conference Wednesday, Newsom said flatly that he did not plan to provide cash to help dig the city out of its budget hole. The city is facing a $1-billion shortfall due to inflated personnel costs, higher than ever liability lawsuit payouts and below-expected revenues. “The state’s...

Karmelo Anthony’s family is stereotyping again.After taking their financial windfall and renting out a McMansion they could never afford otherwise, reportedly buying a new car, and going on an online shopping spree, they’re now selling merchandise with the teen killer’s image and setting up a website where you can no doubt continue to financially support the Anthony family as they live out their ghetto rags-to-riches lifestyle:NEW: Karmelo Anthony’s family and friends are now selling “FreeMelo” shirts with his face on them Karmelo’s cousin was seen wearing the shirt after his release “No more Free Melo… lil cuz is home… God...

A violent recidivist sicko accused of trying to rape a woman on a Times Square subway was given $250,000 bail at his arraignment on felony charges Saturday night. Tyriek Martin, a 34-year-old homeless man who’s been busted at least 70 times, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court late Saturday before Judge Robert Rosenthal on first-degree attempted rape, first-degree sexual abuse and third-degree assault charges. Rosenthal set bail at $250,000 at the request of prosecutors.

More than a dozen cars were broken into, and a 2019 silver Kia Sorento with Virginia license plates was stolen from the nearby Cobbles Elementary School parking lot, where churchgoers parked for the Christmas Eve Mass. Parishioners expressed their disbelief. “I mean, this is typically a safe area from what we understand,” said parishioner Mark Elsaesser. “We’ve been coming here a long time. Never seen anything like this happen, especially on the holidays, Christmas time. My wife and I got married here. We’ve had our daughter baptized here, so we’ve been coming here a very long time, and nothing like...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Next week marks one year since Illinois outlawed cash bail, and advocates and critics of the change have been waiting patiently to see it if has been successful — or as some predicted, a disaster. A panel of stakeholders, including Cook County Chief Public Defender Sharone R. Mitchell Jr., spoke Wednesday about the largely positive outcomes of ending cash bail. "There were a lot of predictions about things that did not happen," said Mitchell.

Rochester police have arrested the man wanted for the beating death last week of his girlfriend in the Beechwood neighborhood. Police say suspect Walter Balkum had already been arrested for assaulting the woman this spring, and he was wearing an electronic monitor until five days before the killing of Melikah Bruner. Police say a judge removed the monitor at the request of Balkum's lawyer, who argued it impeded Balkum's ability to get a job. The Monroe County judge was Judge Karen Bailey Turner, who was elected to a ten-year term in 2019. Balkum has four prior felony convictions, two for...

After decades in public life as a prosecutor, senator and vice president, Kamala Harris has a long track that could provide fodder for opponents. The Trump campaign could focus on her reputation as a liberal senator, her support for the chaos of Black Lives Matter protests, or a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But the issue that could hurt her most is her support for a bail fund blamed for freeing a man who went on to commit murder, according to our exclusive poll of likely voters.

The two illegal Jordanian migrants who are charged with trying to breach Marine Corps Base Quantico in May posted thousands of dollars in bail and were allowed to leave federal custody, The Post can exclusively reveal. Hasan Yousef Hamdan, 32, and Mohammad Khair Dabous, 28, were released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention despite their immigration status — Hamdan had crossed into the country illegally in April and Dabous had overstayed his student visa and is subject to removal proceedings, law enforcement sources told The Post. They were arrested on May 3 for trespassing onto the military installation and...