Posted on 11/27/2022 7:08:10 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
NYC convictions plummet, downgraded charges surge under Manhattan DA Bragg
Soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has downgraded more than half his felony cases to misdemeanors — while also managing to lose half of the felony cases that do reach court.
Since taking office on Jan. 1, Bragg has downgraded 52% of felony cases to misdemeanors — compared to 39% in all of 2019. Between 2013 and 2020, under District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., the percentage of cases the office downgraded had never exceeded 40%, according to data made public by the DA’s office.
When serious felony charges are brought, Bragg’s office wins a conviction just 51% of the time — down from 68% in 2019, the last year before the pandemic disrupted the court system.
He has declined to prosecute 35 percent more felony cases this year than in 2019, with 1,119 so far in 2022 compared to 828 three years ago.
The DA’s office requested bail in only 49% of felony cases this year compared to 69% in 2019. State bail reform measures mean almost no non-violent felonies are eligible for bail now although they were in 2019.
Misdemeanor convictions have also spiraled downward — to 29% so far this year, from 68% in 2019.
Bragg, who campaigned last year on a promise of criminal justice reform, proudly displays the numbers on his web site, the only one of the city’s five district attorneys to do so.
“The people in charge right now want to talk about gun violence and getting these shootings down,” said Jennifer Harrison, the founder of Victims Rights NY. “But I wonder how many of the incidents [where] the charges were downgraded or dismissed or dropped involved guns or weapons, and how are we going to eradicate this kind of violence when people like Alvin Bragg are in charge?”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/26/convictions-plummet-downgraded-charges-surge-under-manhattan-da-bragg/
Lets hear the chant; What do we want? Defund Washington. When do we want it? NOW!" Give the power and the hard earned money of the taxpayer back to the states and let Washington beg for crumbs and a little relevance.
100%
Chris Murphy. /SPIT
As state and local Law Enforcement agencies exist they should only be funded by their own Tax payers.
So as I am a Resident of Connecticut what he states would be just fine.
I’m tired of our Police agencies being bribed by the Feds to do their bidding anyway.
Let's see Democrat Chris Murphy champion that cause in his home state.
Soros holster Chrissie weighs in...
Murphy is a Socialist who doesn’t know he is a Socialist. He is in the low IQ category.
El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs and the Club Q shooter, passed a resolution in 2019 opposing ‘red flag’ laws.
https://www.elpasoco.com/commissioners-approve-pro-second-amendment-resolution/
Maybe the second most, as disarming the general populus and leaving only the police as armed defenders is even more ridiculous.
Feds should defund sanctuary cities. Cities with more than 3 shootings per week, with policies of no jail for minors, no cash bail, and cities with more than 20 homeless living on the street.
Don’t blame me, I moved from CT. Beautiful state, dumb people...
Chris Murphy is proof you can’t fix stupid.
Fine. The fewer Federal programs local governments accept, the more local power they retain.
Just another smokescreen attempt to defund police in general.
First get the goon’s nut, then invite him to kick in the door and target the remaining right one.
For ‘roid rage, as for PCP, head shots work best.
roflmao that will show em..that will get gun laws enforced!
I’m not sure we are not refunding the feds..kind of.
Less people working means less taxes collected.
Illegals not paying taxes.
Of course, it doesn’t matter when they can just print their own.
I can tell you plenty of places where liberals are not enforcing immigration law and releasing criminals back out into the street.
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