New York Assembly speaker not budging on bail reform policies despite concerns of violent crime
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New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, has remained firm in his stance on bail reform policies for years and continues to do so despite concerns about violent crime in New York City.
The laws eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent felonies and raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18, respectively.
Adams has argued that judges should be allowed to consider an individual's "dangerousness" before determining whether to allow that person to re-enter society without paying bail. Bail is the amount of money a person accused of a crime must pay before they appear in court in order to be released from prison before their trial.
Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was scolded by his hometown newspaper over his vow to resist President-elect Trump’s deportation of illegal immigrants.
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Dem Rep. Dean Phillips blasts Biden after Hunter pardon, says some people ‘are indeed above the law’
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Kim Andrews, a 37-year-old woman accused of threatening children at parks and playgrounds in San Francisco, pleaded not guilty in court on Monday.
Recently ousted Sen. Jon Tester delivered an eyebrow raising response to reporters when asked about the president's controversial pardon of his son, Hunter Biden.
An influential Democrat official who says he played a pivotal role in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's historic first election win tells Fox News Digital that the lawmaker has abandoned and “betrayed" her constituents in a Queens neighborhood which has been riddled with crime under her leadership, including open air prostitution, robberies and petty crime.
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