California Puts Rights of Criminals Ahead of Law Abiding Citizens, Reduces Bail to Zero For "Low Level" Crimes
Steve Straub By Steve Straub
Published April 7, 2020 at 8:02am
During an emergency meeting on Monday that California Judicial Council, which is the policymaker for the State’s criminal court system, set bail for all misdemeanors and “non-violent†felonies to zero because of the coronavirus crisis, the Orange County Register reports.
The fear is that putting “low level†criminals in jail would unnecessarily expose them to the dangers of Covid-19.
The chairman of the California Judicial Council, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said “We are at this point truly with no guidance in history, law or precedent†and “to say that there is no playbook is a gross understatement of the situation.â€
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/california-puts-rights-criminals-ahead-law-abiding-citizens-reduces-bail-zero-low-level-crimes
