The Dems' costly bail reform scam

 Fox News:

New York City's crime crisis has taken center stage in the highly contested gubernatorial race between Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin, but former Clinton pollster Mark Penn says the tragic killing of a young mother blamed on Hochul's soft-on-crime policies could be what gives the win to Zeldin.

Keaira Bennefield, 30, was fatally shot in front of her children at about 8:30 in the morning on Oct. 5, less than 24 hours after her estranged husband was released from custody without bail for allegedly beating her.

Adam Bennefield, 45, allegedly rammed his car into his wife’s vehicle that morning while she was taking her three children to school. The kids, who range from ages 6 months to 9 years, were in the car when he allegedly shot her execution-style.

"Crime is the number one issue in New York State, and this horrific murder, in which someone beats her first and is let out on the street, this could be the incident close enough to the election, clear enough in its relation to the bail laws… wow, this could really be it," Penn, a Fox News contributor, told "America's Newsroom" hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Wednesday as polls tighten to single-digits.

Keaira Bennefield had begged police to help her in the weeks leading up to her death, according to the New York Post. Adam Bennefield has a previous conviction for kidnapping another woman at gunpoint and had allegedly abused his estranged wife.

"She should be charged for the crime. She’s also responsible for the crime," Keaira Bennefield's mother Tammy Hudson told the New York Post this week of Hochul.
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The cashless bail laws make no sense.  There should be political consequences for those who supported the release of people charged with violent crimes. 

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