Allowing criminal suspects to be released pending trial with the payment of no cash bail has become a fad, allegedly as a reaction to “over-incarceration.” But the public is put at risk by them, as one California district attorney is willing to say out loud. Via the Epoch Times (no paywall):
A Northern California district attorney revealed more than 70 percent of suspects who were released on $0 bail between 2020 and 2021 in his county went on to commit new crimes.
“When over 70 percent of the people released under mandated $0 bail policies go on to commit additional crime(s), including violent offenses such as robbery and murder, there is simply no rational public safety-related basis to continue such a practice post-pandemic, especially in light of the increasing violent crime rates across California,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said in a Monday statement.
The California policy came without state legislation mandating it, and has since been reversed:
In April 2020, the California Judicial Council implemented the Emergency Bail Schedule which mandated $0 bail for most people accused of crimes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Yolo DA’s office tracked individuals who were released on $0 and who were rearrested.