Bail Level News Today

sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine theres an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you cant taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the mil...

imagine theres an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you cant taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. youd probably tell me its impossible. it would never happen. youd probably say, look, if that were a show id s...

Really tried to get it right. there was a real feeling amongst progressives that we were having a punitive system. that is that people at the bail level, right, youre accused of a crime, youre not being convicted, but youre simply accused. you have, as you know as a former prosecutor, an arraignment. at that point a judge has to make a determination as to whether to set bail. well, bail was being set, but it was disproportionately impacting people of color and people who could not afford to pay....

Later in accordance with new yorks bail laws which were just revised in 2019. republicans have been criticizing legislation like that, and now congressman zeldin is ramping up his calls to change the laws following this attack. i want to bring in the brilliant cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. joey, im so glad youre here. help us understand here why would this person be released after trying to attack him? it was a nonviolent felony they say, but it seems violent to m...