Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty took to Twitter Monday night to express his surprise at the lack of public reaction after the newly adopted state budget removes a bail requirement for most people arrested.
He said in his Tweets:
#1- "I am surprised that the Bail Reform bill in NYS budget didn’t get more
attention from media & public. Just to give you a small indication
of it, burglary 2 (c felony) & robbery 2 (c felony) don’t qualify as
offenses that a judge can hold a person on bail for & they must
release..."
#2 - "Also a person accused of and arrested for dealing heroin would typically
be charged by Law Enforcement with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the
3rd Degree (B felony), this also would not “qualify” for a judge to hold
the person on bail and they must be released per the bill."
