I’m all for criminal-justice reform but NYC’s latest changes are nuts Excerpt from the New York Post – Dec 15 2019 New York desperately needed to fix its criminal-justice system, but — as we’re now belatedly learning — the reforms Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law last spring go wayRead More →
Man bailed out by nonprofit accused of raping woman a week after release. Will The Bronx Freedom Fund be held accountable? Were they even monitoring this defendant? “A New York nonprofit bailed out a thug with a lengthy rap sheet — who was arrested for allegedly raping and robbing aRead More →
Stop NM judges from legislating catch-and-release Excerpt from the Albuquerque Journal – Dec 13 2019 I guess it’s fair to say that I know how to kick a hornet’s nest, and with the rightful outrage about the recent Fabian Gonzalez release (in the Victoria Martens case), it’s time to visitRead More →
‘Live PD: Wanted’ highlights New Mexico catch and release Excerpt from KRQE – Dec 9 2019 SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – People in New Mexico are all too familiar with the criminals who are arrested and released, only to be re-arrested a short time later. Now, the problem isRead More →
Michigan State Courts Refuse Open Records Request Pertaining to Secret Pretrial Risk Assessment Algorithm, Insist on Absolute Secrecy Milton Mack, the Michigan State Court Administrator, has been piloting a pretrial risk assessment tool in a few select Michigan counties that was built by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (nowRead More →
Idaho Government Officials Proclaim The Success Of The Idaho Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool The Day Before A Landmark Study Came Out That Proves It Doesn’t Work The Idaho Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument (IPRAI), used to predict the risk of failing to appear in court or committing a new crime whileRead More →
Arnold Ventures’ New Paid Mouthpieces Conclude The Public Safety Assessment Worked In New Jersey Despite A Feeble, Tenuous, And Unconvincing Justification And Strong Evidence To The Contrary Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation), as we have repeatedly said, cannot concede defeat regardless of how bad things get. Read More →
New York Times Gets It Factually Wrong On Bail Reform—New York Did Not Implement The New Jersey Bail System And Is Going To Just Throw Open The Jail Doors The New York Times editorial board is trying to chill everyone out on bail reform, branding it some historic reform that’sRead More →
State Senator To Introduce Legislation To Address “Major Flaws” In Unsecured Bail (excerpt from 1stStateUpdate – Oct 13 2019) Republican Senator Colin Bonini, tomorrow is set to announce the introduction of legislation to repeal the bipartisan House Bill 204, which effected fundamental changes in bail law in 2018. In aRead More →
Missouri lawmakers warily eye pre-trial bail rules after Kansas City mass shooting (excerpt from Missouri Times – Oct 14 2019) Javier Alatorre, one of the suspects in a mass shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar over the weekend, has a history of run-ins with the law in Missouri. Just lastRead More →
