Manhattan: no more felony charges if nobody is injured by violent criminals. (Page 1/1)
sourmash JAN 06, 09:51 AM

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Off somewhere wearing a sardonic smile must be billionaire George Soros — the arch-anarchist who’s been lavishing big bucks on progressive district attorney candidates for years now, and who kicked in a reported $1 million to Bragg’s campaign last year.



https://nypost.com/2022/01/...rison-in-some-cases/

Manhattan’s new DA has ordered his prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences for hordes of criminals and to downgrade felony charges in cases including armed robberies and drug dealing, according to a set of progressive policies made public Tuesday.

In his first memo to staff on Monday, Alvin Bragg said his office “will not seek a carceral sentence” except with homicides and a handful of other cases, including domestic violence felonies, some sex crimes and public corruption.

“This rule may be excepted only in extraordinary circumstances based on a holistic analysis of the facts, criminal history, victim’s input (particularly in cases of violence or trauma), and any other information available,” the memo reads.

Assistant district attorneys must also now keep in mind the “impacts of incarceration,” including whether it really does increase public safety, potential future barriers to convicts involving housing and employment, the financial cost of prison and the racial disparities over who gets time, Bragg instructed.


Here are a few great examples of this fantastic plan:

Armed robbers who use guns or other deadly weapons to stick up stores and other businesses will be prosecuted only for petty larceny, a misdemeanor, provided no victims were seriously injured and there’s no “genuine risk of physical harm” to anyone. Armed robbery, a class B felony, would typically be punishable by a maximum of 25 years in prison, but petty larceny subjects offenders to up to 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Convicted criminals caught with weapons other than guns will have those felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors unless they’re also charged with more serious offenses. Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, is punishable by up to 7 years behind bars.
Burglars who steal from residential storage areas, parts of homes that aren’t “accessible to a living area,” and businesses located in mixed-use buildings will be prosecuted for a low-level class D felony that only covers break-ins instead of more serious crimes. Those more serious crimes, class B and class C felonies, would be punishable by up to 25 and up to 15 years in prison respectively.
Drug dealers believed to be “acting as a low-level agent of a seller” will be prosecuted only for misdemeanor possession. Also, suspected dealers will only be prosecuted on felony charges if they’re also accused of more serious crimes or are actually caught in the act of selling drugs. That felony would mean facing up to seven years behind bars.
TheDigitalAlchemist JAN 06, 10:23 AM
Swell....

I seriously need to GTFO of NY.

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sourmash JAN 06, 10:36 AM
Looks like things will be getting worse for a while.

Now criminals will just walk up and display a gun for an armed robbery and it's considered a misdemeanor. Plus the criminal gets to vote since there will be no felony.

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MidEngineManiac JAN 06, 10:36 AM
Dude, you need to GTFO of the USA until they loose the "jail 'em" mentality and get the priorities straight.

https://www.statista.com/st...100-000-inhabitants/

Library books.

https://www.huffpost.com/en...73f8e4b0060ccda360f8

Armed robbers to get less time than library books ?

It's not my country or home anymore, but seriously in a lot of way's it IS making you guys a global laughing stock over priorities and SERIOUSLY projecting the image of a jackboot police state where the norm is OBEY, SLAVE..or else.

Prom an outsider perspective, there ain't no freedom and priorities are REALLY ****ed-up. Seems to be a legal-prison INDUSTRY that's been tolerated for way too long. This place may be a socialist-censored-commie-craphole, but we didnt even make the prison-list.
sourmash JAN 06, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:

Dude, you need to GTFO of the USA



And go where? Where is better off now?
Jake_Dragon JAN 06, 12:24 PM

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Cops reportedly didn't show up until FOUR HOURS after George Floyd’s niece was shot



Cops are people too. How do you expect anyone to do a job and have someone higher on the food chain throw it out.
Look for more bad cops in the news.
sourmash JAN 06, 01:31 PM
In Texas activists are trying to get Abbott to pardon George Floyd for his past criminal convictions. They supposedly goofed procedurally, so Abbott evaded it for now.

We know Ge6irge Floyd was convicted of a home invasion and felonies including holding a loaded gun to the tummy of a pregnant woman.

What these activist DAs are doing is erasing potential acts by repeat offenders so later crimes aren't judged as harshly because the felonies they commit aren't taken into account at sentencing.
rinselberg JAN 06, 01:42 PM

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Some former prosecutors say that while the changes related to felony charges are significant, they may not be quite as sweeping as they seem.

Mr. Bragg’s memo includes the caveat that sentencing requests must adhere to the law, and New York law requires that any person who has previously been convicted of a felony must be imprisoned if found guilty of a second such crime. Other state sentencing laws are also likely to limit the impact of Mr. Bragg’s policy changes.



A "reportlet" (excerpt) from NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/202...gg-manhattan-da.html
sourmash JAN 06, 05:00 PM
You're getting warmer. There won't be a 2nd felony. There won't be a 1st felony for new criminals.

It's actually an enticement to commit felonies that will be lowered to non-felonies.