NYPD commissioner links crime spike to bail reform — says judges must be able to hold repeat offenders

A rise in crime during the first weeks of 2020 is directly tied to bail reforms that took away New York judges’ discretion to lock up potentially violent offenders, NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea said Friday.

“In the first three weeks of this year, were seeing significant spikes in crime," Shea...

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