Post by Clipper on Feb 10, 2022 7:55:16 GMT -5
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New York's bail reforms are nothing short of catch and release programs and are about as effective as Biden's catch and release policies at the Southern border. The lack of effectiveness was certainly evidenced in a recent case where one man was arrested, released, and re-arrested several times in the same day in the Utica/Oneida county area.
I guess I am unsympathetic when it comes to releasing people without bail just because SOME people cannot afford bail. Duh! Can't afford bail? Don't get arrested to begin with. Bail should be at the discretion of the judge on a case-by-case basis, not a blanket policy decision by Albany. The actual and justifiable premise for having bail laws to begin with is to ensure that there is a strong incentive to appear in court when scheduled to do so.
"No bail? Gee, thanks for releasing me. I can now use that money I would have had to give a bondsman to buy a bus ticket out of town. I may change my name and live in another state under an alias, or I may decide to live off grid somewhere in the Montana wilderness. Catch me if you can!" I can't imagine the frustration for law enforcement when they make an arrest and the offender is released to flip them the finger with a smile on their face while walking out the door before the ink is even dry on the arrest report.
Several months ago now, the local tv news reported a case in Johnson City where a guy was arrested after a domestic violence incident after beating his estranged wife. He was charged with assault, eluding, and resisting arrest. Two days later the court issued him a restraining order, and filed an order of protection for the wife and turned him loose. The very day he was released he went back and beat the crap out of his wife in front of their children, putting her in the hospital. He was arrested again in HER car, on I-75 in Georgia. That time he was held without bail, while the poor woman was still recovering from her severe beating that left her with facial fractures that required surgery among other things. He was convicted of a laundry list of offenses and sent to prison.
Judges here have more discretion when it comes to whether to require bail or not, but in some cases, such as above, even if out on bail, that particular person may have still gone immediately to is ex's house and beat her again for having him arrested and then jumped bail.
Now we not only have states with laws that release criminals without bail, but we now have government buying crack pipes for crack addicts with MY money and yours. We buy them crack pipes and when they are arrested with crack and the pipe is confiscated what will happen? Will the crack pipe be run through a dishwasher and issued to the next crack addict? What is next? Is the government going to start buying booze for alcoholics and memory foam mattresses with shoulder straps for street walking prostitutes?
New York's bail reforms are nothing short of catch and release programs and are about as effective as Biden's catch and release policies at the Southern border. The lack of effectiveness was certainly evidenced in a recent case where one man was arrested, released, and re-arrested several times in the same day in the Utica/Oneida county area.
I guess I am unsympathetic when it comes to releasing people without bail just because SOME people cannot afford bail. Duh! Can't afford bail? Don't get arrested to begin with. Bail should be at the discretion of the judge on a case-by-case basis, not a blanket policy decision by Albany. The actual and justifiable premise for having bail laws to begin with is to ensure that there is a strong incentive to appear in court when scheduled to do so.
"No bail? Gee, thanks for releasing me. I can now use that money I would have had to give a bondsman to buy a bus ticket out of town. I may change my name and live in another state under an alias, or I may decide to live off grid somewhere in the Montana wilderness. Catch me if you can!" I can't imagine the frustration for law enforcement when they make an arrest and the offender is released to flip them the finger with a smile on their face while walking out the door before the ink is even dry on the arrest report.
Several months ago now, the local tv news reported a case in Johnson City where a guy was arrested after a domestic violence incident after beating his estranged wife. He was charged with assault, eluding, and resisting arrest. Two days later the court issued him a restraining order, and filed an order of protection for the wife and turned him loose. The very day he was released he went back and beat the crap out of his wife in front of their children, putting her in the hospital. He was arrested again in HER car, on I-75 in Georgia. That time he was held without bail, while the poor woman was still recovering from her severe beating that left her with facial fractures that required surgery among other things. He was convicted of a laundry list of offenses and sent to prison.
Judges here have more discretion when it comes to whether to require bail or not, but in some cases, such as above, even if out on bail, that particular person may have still gone immediately to is ex's house and beat her again for having him arrested and then jumped bail.
Now we not only have states with laws that release criminals without bail, but we now have government buying crack pipes for crack addicts with MY money and yours. We buy them crack pipes and when they are arrested with crack and the pipe is confiscated what will happen? Will the crack pipe be run through a dishwasher and issued to the next crack addict? What is next? Is the government going to start buying booze for alcoholics and memory foam mattresses with shoulder straps for street walking prostitutes?
