A Fine Example of the Effect of Soft on Crime Justice Reform.
New York State passed bail “reform” a few years back mandating that all non violent crime arrests would be turned right back out on the street if they promised to appear in court to be adjudicated. Sounds reasonable, after all only poor people remain in jail without bond, right?
No, not right. The majority of criminals that remain in jail when they qualify for bond are there because their own family doesn't want them out victimizing people. They know if mom or grandma puts up the house as collateral they might just lose that house if little Timmy runs away. Yet most states including Oklahoma allow judges some discretion in allowing OR bonds if the criminal isn't a flight risk or doesn't pose a danger to society. That wasn't enough for New York liberals and they passed what they tried to pass here in Oklahoma last session.
Meet Gerod Woodberry, a New York criminal that was set loose after four Manhattan bank robberies in almost as many days. And sure enough, Woodberry robbed a fifth bank the next day and was arrested for a fifth time on bank robbery charges. Woodberry was smart, he used a note, not a gun to rob the banks so was classified as non violent.
There is going to be a segment of the Chamber of Commerce that wants to push through Medicaid Expansion simply because it bulldozes billions from taxpayers into the hospitals, pharmacists, and doctors pockets. There will be more Chamber members that understand what an unmitigated disaster this would be for the economy and for families.
