“While there are other contributing forces to this shameful situation…there is no doubt that the driving cause behind it remains the decision of your offices to seek bail recklessly and in virtually every eligible case.”
Read MoreThe number of people held on second-degree burglary as their top charge has increased by nearly 50 percent since July 2.
Read MoreMore than two dozen offenses are once again bail eligible.
Read MoreAt least five different participants directed the n-word and other racist messages at panelists.
Read More“You need to put up or shut up.”
Read More“Judges need to be able to make their decisions based on the individual before them.”
Read MoreDiFiore proposed a change to the state’s new bail law that would give judges the discretion to send defendants to jail.
Read More“All legislation starts off with good intentions and then it breathes and you see where it needs to be amended or adjusted.”
Read MoreThe Senate’s proposal would get rid of cash bail completely, but give judges discretion to remand defendants.
Read More“In Queens County, we are going to have fairness and equity. We are going to start over.”
Read MoreOpponents said the “proposal puts politics over people.”
Read More“I think that while the goals of the legislature are laudable, the process in developing it was poorly thought out and therefore the product was lacking.”
Read More“One month of data cannot tell us anything meaningful about crime trends.”
Read More“This is not the first incongruity we’ve seen for the new bail and discovery statutes that aren't lined up with the practice as it stands.”
Read More“The danger of fear-driven news coverage cannot be overstated.”
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