CNN Don Lemon Tonight June 4, 2024 02:46:00
Well, bail was being set, but it was disproportionately impacting people of color and people who could not afford to pay. as a result of that, people were remaining in jail for excessive periods of time because they could not make the cash bail. and so they designed a system in the new york state legislature with respect to allowing those for misdemeanor offenses, those that are punishable by less than a year in jail and for nonviolence felonies not to get bail. it was felt, laura, that that would really straighten out the system and not disproportionately impact others. and so in this specifi...