How New York facilitated crime sprees

 Jazz Shaw:

In 2019, just before the pandemic broke out, New York State passed its version of “bail reform,” making it much harder (and in many cases impossible) for judges to impose cash bail on suspects while awaiting trial. Those rules applied even when dealing with repeat offenders and known associates of the gangs. This was done in a nod to the “empty the jails” advocates who claimed that bail requirements were disproportionately affecting minority suspects. The results have been plain for all to see and a backlash against the new law began showing up during the 2021 elections. Candidates who ran almost exclusively on a promise to overturn bail reform ran up a “red wave” on Long Island and a few other locations, ousting Democrats who had controlled local DA positions and other offices for a decade or more. Now the midterms are approaching and far more seats will be up for grabs. So a new poll out from Sienna should have any remaining bail reform supporters quite nervous. New Yorkers are done with bail reform in a big way and the numbers aren’t even close. (NY Post)

An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers say the no-cash bail law has contributed to the spike in crime and should be overhauled, according to a study released Monday.

A total of 56 percent of voters in the Empire State believe the 2019 bail reform has been bad for New York compared to 30 percent who said it was good policy, the Siena College survey found.

Nearly two-thirds of voters — 64 percent — think the law has resulted in an increase in crime, compared to 24 percent who said it hasn’t.

On the question of whether or not bail reform has been good or bad for New York, 56% said bad. That may not sound like a huge majority until you see that only 30% said it has been good. Others either had no opinion or thought it had been neither good nor bad.

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Who knew that emptying the jails led to an increase in crime?  Apparently not liberals in New York.

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