Inside the legal loopholes, broken bail system, and NYPD failures that are allowing violent, unprovoked assaults—especially against women—to go unpunished in plain sight.
#1 and #3 should happen. #2, not so much. Bail is a system for courts to hold on to something (money) in order to make the person come back to the court for their case. That's it. It is NOT meant to be a system to "hold" people, otherwise there would be no monetary requirement.
This is why we had bail reform: a lot of people were being held in jail for no reason other than they were poor. Rich dangerous criminals were able to walk without issue.
We need a different system, outside of bail, that does what you're proposing. But there CANNOT be a monetary aspect to it (aka, bail).
I am sorry that you (and the other survivors mentioned) went through this and are still dealing with the aftermath. It's not fair. Thank you for writing this up.
If people want to learn more about the recent history of bail reform in New York, they may find this post I wrote a year ago interesting:
very clear and persuasive writing. The solutions section is especially worth the read
On the 3 suggestions you made at the end:
#1 and #3 should happen. #2, not so much. Bail is a system for courts to hold on to something (money) in order to make the person come back to the court for their case. That's it. It is NOT meant to be a system to "hold" people, otherwise there would be no monetary requirement.
This is why we had bail reform: a lot of people were being held in jail for no reason other than they were poor. Rich dangerous criminals were able to walk without issue.
We need a different system, outside of bail, that does what you're proposing. But there CANNOT be a monetary aspect to it (aka, bail).
I am sorry that you (and the other survivors mentioned) went through this and are still dealing with the aftermath. It's not fair. Thank you for writing this up.
If people want to learn more about the recent history of bail reform in New York, they may find this post I wrote a year ago interesting:
https://open.substack.com/pub/newyorkabundance/p/everything-you-missed-about-new-yorks?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=n8i7