Big risks in discovery reform; N.Y.’s new law tips the balance way too far in favor of defendants - New York Daily News: Police Commissioner James O’Neill has spoken up about serious problems in the bail-reform legislation that was passed as part of the state budget. The Legislature curtailed the ability of judges to assign bail regardless of the risk to public safety or the record of the accused.
The commissioner is right; Albany needs to fix its bail-reform legislation to give judges more discretion over who walks free after being arrested for serious crimes. But our lawmakers also need to redo another set of criminal-justice reforms they rushed through without considering all the consequences.
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