“While there are other contributing forces to this shameful situation…there is no doubt that the driving cause behind it remains the decision of your offices to seek bail recklessly and in virtually every eligible case.”
Read More“In Queens County, we are going to have fairness and equity. We are going to start over.”
Read More“Not to have cash bail is really where this state needs to go. We are not there yet.”
Read MoreDA Melinda Katz has vowed to implement several changes to the way justice is dispensed and defendants are treated in Queens.
Read MoreCourt personnel believe that they are ready to meet the demands of the new measures.
Read MoreThe current system discriminates against poor people.
Read MoreActing Queens District Attorney John Ryan has been an outspoken opponent of the bail reform measures for months.
Read MoreThe Legal Aid Society urged Katz to stick to her campaign promises and abolish cash bail, establish a conviction review unit and not prosecute low-level crimes.
Read More“Right now, there is a growing sense and a growing reality that this fairness and equity is not happening here in Queens County. We need to make sure that it does.”
Read More“Despite the progress we’ve made for our city, we are still far from a reformed criminal justice system.”
Read MoreLancman visited the Queens Criminal Courthouse to double down on his commitment to ending cash bail in Queens if elected DA.
Read MoreAll call for significant reforms, some for the total elimination of cash bail.
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