New law in New York State abolishes bail, lets those accused of all but a few crimes walk out for free
You don't live in the Democrat-ruled state of New York, so you probably don't know that the state's Democrat governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed a law last year that eliminated bail for all but a handful of serious crimes.
Some of you may think that phrase "eliminated bail" means the state won't let perps clearly guilty of, say, second-degree murder walk out of jail by posting bond. Uh, no. What it means is that the state will allow everyone to walk out, without posting even one dollar as bond.
See, the idea of "bonding out of jail" was that posting a significant bond gave the perp an incentive to appear for his or her trial, usually months later. But social-justice warriors wailed that this was "unfair to poor people," many of whom couldn't afford the ten percent down to get a bail bond agency to post the remainder.
Cuz before that, if some po' person was accused of murder, often his parent or grandparents would have to get a second mortgage on their home to secure a bond. SJW's said that wasn't fair. So...
What can New Yorkers expect this year? Well, given that most crimes are committed by repeat offenders who will now immediately be released to roam the streets, it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to foresee the results.
Worse yet, the new law doesn't allow courts to consider that many of those arrested for new crimes have committed much worse crimes in the past. Cuz, previous murders or attempted murders are of absolutely no use in predicting future behavior. Got it?
For example, last Thursday Tyquan Rivera of Rochester was released from jail after he was arrested on drug charges. In 2009, he was convicted of shooting Rochester police officer Anthony DiPonzio in the back of the head. But thanks to a liberal judge he was released in just seven years to commit more crimes. The new get-out-of-jail-free law doesn’t make any exceptions for his serious criminal record.
Farkell Hopkins was arrested for killing a pedestrian on New Year’s Eve while driving with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit. He was immediately released.
The jailbreak law applies retroactively to some of the worst criminals already in jail awaiting trial, too. In July, Paul Barbaritano was arrested in Albany for allegedly strangling a 29-year-old woman with a karate belt and then slitting her throat. However, because he is only charged with second-degree murder, he was released on January 2nd.
Likewise, in North Westchester, a 27-year-old man who was caught last week breaking into a girl’s bedroom. He was immediately released.
For the last several years the focus in "criminal justice issues" has been how states can reduce the prison population. This is pushed to voters as a way to avoid building new prisons, which would presumably require raising taxes. The social-justice warriors grinned and jumped on-board.
It's interesting that we haven't heard any Democrat pushing to release the accused without making them post bail claim this will reduce crime. Instead they simply argue that the current system is "unfair to the poor." Here's an idea: When a "poor" accused person claims to not be able to afford bail, let a social-justice organization post it for him or her. If the accused shows up for trial, the organization has lost nothing. Of course the accused will be out, able to intimidate or kill witnesses, but at least fairness will be preserved.
Except for dead witnesses, of course. But hey, collateral damage. Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs and all that, eh?
It'll be interesting to see the results of the Democrats' new experiment.
Some of you may think that phrase "eliminated bail" means the state won't let perps clearly guilty of, say, second-degree murder walk out of jail by posting bond. Uh, no. What it means is that the state will allow everyone to walk out, without posting even one dollar as bond.
See, the idea of "bonding out of jail" was that posting a significant bond gave the perp an incentive to appear for his or her trial, usually months later. But social-justice warriors wailed that this was "unfair to poor people," many of whom couldn't afford the ten percent down to get a bail bond agency to post the remainder.
Cuz before that, if some po' person was accused of murder, often his parent or grandparents would have to get a second mortgage on their home to secure a bond. SJW's said that wasn't fair. So...
What can New Yorkers expect this year? Well, given that most crimes are committed by repeat offenders who will now immediately be released to roam the streets, it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to foresee the results.
Worse yet, the new law doesn't allow courts to consider that many of those arrested for new crimes have committed much worse crimes in the past. Cuz, previous murders or attempted murders are of absolutely no use in predicting future behavior. Got it?
For example, last Thursday Tyquan Rivera of Rochester was released from jail after he was arrested on drug charges. In 2009, he was convicted of shooting Rochester police officer Anthony DiPonzio in the back of the head. But thanks to a liberal judge he was released in just seven years to commit more crimes. The new get-out-of-jail-free law doesn’t make any exceptions for his serious criminal record.
Farkell Hopkins was arrested for killing a pedestrian on New Year’s Eve while driving with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit. He was immediately released.
The jailbreak law applies retroactively to some of the worst criminals already in jail awaiting trial, too. In July, Paul Barbaritano was arrested in Albany for allegedly strangling a 29-year-old woman with a karate belt and then slitting her throat. However, because he is only charged with second-degree murder, he was released on January 2nd.
Likewise, in North Westchester, a 27-year-old man who was caught last week breaking into a girl’s bedroom. He was immediately released.
For the last several years the focus in "criminal justice issues" has been how states can reduce the prison population. This is pushed to voters as a way to avoid building new prisons, which would presumably require raising taxes. The social-justice warriors grinned and jumped on-board.
It's interesting that we haven't heard any Democrat pushing to release the accused without making them post bail claim this will reduce crime. Instead they simply argue that the current system is "unfair to the poor." Here's an idea: When a "poor" accused person claims to not be able to afford bail, let a social-justice organization post it for him or her. If the accused shows up for trial, the organization has lost nothing. Of course the accused will be out, able to intimidate or kill witnesses, but at least fairness will be preserved.
Except for dead witnesses, of course. But hey, collateral damage. Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs and all that, eh?
It'll be interesting to see the results of the Democrats' new experiment.
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