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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Progressive Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg downgraded staggering SIXTY PERCENT of felony cases to lesser charges last year - amid fury over criminals being repeatedly released to roam streets of Big Apple
2024-02-18
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The DA downgraded 938 felonies to misdemeanors or lesser felonies in 2023, 60% of charged felonies

  • He has secured convictions in 52 percent of most serious cases during time in office

  • Alvin Bragg has stated he will only seek jail time in most severe cases
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  So what you're saying, is Whites, Asians, and Hispanics only commit some 40% of all NYC felonies?

How much does that number shrink if we can talk about juvenile stats too?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-02-18 14:11  

#5  This is just not necessarily 'good and hard', it's also moves by big cities to execute slow succession from the Constitutional compact. We don't have to follow 'your' laws.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-02-18 11:48  

#4  It should not be forgotten, these are enlightened policies. They are supposed to make things better.

Of course, better for who and according to what metrics are debatable.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-02-18 09:17  

#3  Bragg is doing his own reboot of the KMart Blue Light Special.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-02-18 09:07  

#2  Thus the reason for vast vacancies in big apple and Manhattan. Too much taxing. Too much crime. Costs too high to operate.
Posted by: Dale   2024-02-18 06:49  

#1  Let me take a wild guess as to the race involved in these 60%.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-02-18 02:24  

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