NY Bail Reform Blows Up

The  early warnings about New York’s lenient bail reform law, which took effect in January, have come true according to a Fox News story published today.   The New York Police Department reported a 22.5% increase in major crime in February, compared to last year.  While murder was down, robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto thefts were all up. The Department noted that in the first 58 days of the year, 482 offenders arrested for felonies were set free under the new law and then rearrested for committing 846 new crimes, 299 of which were major crimes.  According to police, all of these offenders could have been held in jail prior to bail reform.