Post by addisona on Feb 11, 2022 12:11:19 GMT
Assembly Speaker: Bail reform used as 'scapegoat' for rise in crime, data has no context
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie pushed back on claims Tuesday that the rise in violent crime in New York has been a result of the state’s bail reform law, which eliminated the option of cash bail for most lower-level and nonviolent charges two years ago.
Speaking to reporters in Albany, Heastie said the bail reform law was being used as a “scapegoat” for a national rise in crime and a spike in gun violence.
“Part of my frustration is that when anything bad that happens, it’s got to be bail reform’s fault,” Heastie said. “There’s a whole lot of things going on, and it’s so easy to scapegoat it onto bail.”
Opponents of the bail reform law, largely Republicans, have claimed that it’s connected to the state’s recent rise in violent crime. There hasn’t been any nonpartisan, critical analysis of that claim.
www.wbfo.org/crime/2022-01-26/assembly-speaker-bail-reform-used-as-scapegoat-for-rise-in-crime-data-has-no-context
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie pushed back on claims Tuesday that the rise in violent crime in New York has been a result of the state’s bail reform law, which eliminated the option of cash bail for most lower-level and nonviolent charges two years ago.
Speaking to reporters in Albany, Heastie said the bail reform law was being used as a “scapegoat” for a national rise in crime and a spike in gun violence.
“Part of my frustration is that when anything bad that happens, it’s got to be bail reform’s fault,” Heastie said. “There’s a whole lot of things going on, and it’s so easy to scapegoat it onto bail.”
Opponents of the bail reform law, largely Republicans, have claimed that it’s connected to the state’s recent rise in violent crime. There hasn’t been any nonpartisan, critical analysis of that claim.
www.wbfo.org/crime/2022-01-26/assembly-speaker-bail-reform-used-as-scapegoat-for-rise-in-crime-data-has-no-context