Because the left has "compassion," just not for those who were murdered though.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/why-wasnt-he-in-jail?skip=1
Yesterday, a madman on a stabbing spree mortally wounded three New Yorkers, who succumbed to their injuries. According to the New York Post and New York Daily News, the alleged perpetrator is a 51-year-old New York City shelter resident with a troubling criminal history that includes at least eight prior arrests—many for felonies—and at least one open case. Once again, New Yorkers find themselves asking the same dismal question suggested by Mayor Eric Adams, who spoke at a press conference after the attacks: What the hell was this guy doing on the street?
After all, per the Daily News, the triple-murder suspect was booked a month ago for stealing a bowl priced at nearly $1,500. Rather than getting hit with a felony grand larceny charge and remanded to pretrial detention, or held on bail, he was charged with petit larceny and released. Before that incident, he received more than a year’s worth of jail sentences in August and September for prior instances of assault and burglary. So: Why was he on the street?
The answer is simple: bad policies. In 2020, New York State’s bail and discovery reforms took effect. The bail reform made it so that nearly all accused criminals in the state would be released pretrial rather than held in detention, and it did so while strengthening the prohibition on judges considering public-safety risk when making release decisions. The discovery reform amounted to a massive unfunded compliance burden on prosecutors, which has led to skyrocketing dismissal rates. The following year, Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on promises to cut incarceration, bring fewer cases, and enact broad non-prosecution policies, was elected as Manhattan D.A.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/why-wasnt-he-in-jail?skip=1
Yesterday, a madman on a stabbing spree mortally wounded three New Yorkers, who succumbed to their injuries. According to the New York Post and New York Daily News, the alleged perpetrator is a 51-year-old New York City shelter resident with a troubling criminal history that includes at least eight prior arrests—many for felonies—and at least one open case. Once again, New Yorkers find themselves asking the same dismal question suggested by Mayor Eric Adams, who spoke at a press conference after the attacks: What the hell was this guy doing on the street?
After all, per the Daily News, the triple-murder suspect was booked a month ago for stealing a bowl priced at nearly $1,500. Rather than getting hit with a felony grand larceny charge and remanded to pretrial detention, or held on bail, he was charged with petit larceny and released. Before that incident, he received more than a year’s worth of jail sentences in August and September for prior instances of assault and burglary. So: Why was he on the street?
The answer is simple: bad policies. In 2020, New York State’s bail and discovery reforms took effect. The bail reform made it so that nearly all accused criminals in the state would be released pretrial rather than held in detention, and it did so while strengthening the prohibition on judges considering public-safety risk when making release decisions. The discovery reform amounted to a massive unfunded compliance burden on prosecutors, which has led to skyrocketing dismissal rates. The following year, Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on promises to cut incarceration, bring fewer cases, and enact broad non-prosecution policies, was elected as Manhattan D.A.
