New York Civil Liberties Union Issues Statement on Plans to Weaken Bail Reforms
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement by Executive Director Donna Lieberman in response to reports Senate Democrats are considering the introduction of a bill to give judges broad discretion to deny bail to those they determine to be dangerous:
"Reforms to our state's unjust money bail system have been in place for only six weeks but already, before we can even evaluate their impact, some police, prosecutors, and members of the Senat . . .
"Reforms to our state's unjust money bail system have been in place for only six weeks but already, before we can even evaluate their impact, some police, prosecutors, and members of the Senat . . .