Human Rights Watch Memorandum of Support for Preservation of the New York Pretrial Reform Law
March 21, 2020
March 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following letter:
Dear New York State Assembly and Senate members:
Human Rights Watch urges you to resist calls to weaken New York State's landmark pretrial reform law. In the brief time since implementation, this law, one of the strongest in the nation, has undone much of the harm caused by decades of unfair pretrial incarceration in New York -- restoring a degree of credibility to state courts by making procedures . . .
Dear New York State Assembly and Senate members:
Human Rights Watch urges you to resist calls to weaken New York State's landmark pretrial reform law. In the brief time since implementation, this law, one of the strongest in the nation, has undone much of the harm caused by decades of unfair pretrial incarceration in New York -- restoring a degree of credibility to state courts by making procedures . . .