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| California violent crime tripled as suspects walked free without bail: reform study |
| 2023-02-17 |
| [FoxNews] A new study comparing California repeat offenders who posted bail with those who were let out with low or no cost under "Zero Bail" policies found that the latter group reoffended more often, more quickly and were accused of 200 times more violent crimes. "The impacts of zero bail on violent crime are obvious, and they're horrific," said Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, whose office published the study. "I mean, we have more people being shot at, stabbed, assaulted, robbed, beaten. These are real victims – and the numbers are staggering under zero bail." Under an emergency zero-bail rule at the height of the coronavirus pandemic meant to minimize jail crowding, bail costs were "dramatically reduced," often to $0, according to the study. After looking at the results, Reisig told Fox News Digital that they show "zero bail is a completely failed policy" and said his goal is for lawmakers to have the data compiled and available to them as the state's legislative session resumes. Key findings from the study indicate suspects released without bail were rearrested on 163% more charges than those who posted bail, and they reoffended 70% more often. Those reoffenses resulted in felony charges 90% more often – and they were accused of three times as many violent crimes. "We saw violent crime going up as soon as zero bail was implemented in our county by court order," Reisig said. "And despite all of our best efforts to try and stop the practice, we were forced to continue to do the zero-bail system, and we saw our communities suffer as a result." No-bail suspects also, on average, were arrested on new charges within 129 days – 56 days sooner than those who posted bail. And domestic violence suspects in particular also saw a shocking spike in recidivism. |
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