Hochul Under Increased Pressure To Revise Bail Reform Laws

[TTL News 313]

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In her own party, Hochul is caught between New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who wants changes, and the state’s legislative leaders, who say it’s too soon to judge whether the law is working and fear it’s being used as a scapegoat for rising crime rates.

Adams wants the Legislature to alter the law that went into effect in January 2020 that ended most forms of cash bail. He said it would allow judges more discretion to consider the “dangerousness” of a defendant when deciding whether they should be detained in jail before their case is heard in court.

Adams, a former police captain who took office Jan. 1, intensified his call for the changes after two New York City police officers were shot and killed earlier this month after answering a domestic violence call. He appeared, remotely, during a news conference that Hochul called before an interstate meeting to combat gun violence.

“We have become an ocean of violence,” Adams said.

 

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[KarenK 384]

58 minutes ago, TwinTiersLiving said:

In her own party, Hochul is caught between New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who wants changes, and the state’s legislative leaders, who say it’s too soon to judge whether the law is working and fear it’s being used as a scapegoat for rising crime rates.

Really?  These "lawmakers" are seeing no correlation to crime rates and that stupid law they enacted?  None?

[Hal 343]

I know someone who can tell you that the Court System was broken before Bail Reform by politicians but was compounded by this last “ reform “ which does nothing but end the deterrent for committing crimes and protect the criminals !