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VampireCoyote posted...

what??? How does that work at all?

New York does not have cash bail, but violent offenses are still subject to judges rulings of whether they can be held pretrial. This got posted in a topic earlier today
https://nyuj.org/resources/new-york-bail-reform-whats-fact-and-whats-fiction/

The new bail reforms, which go into effect on January 1, 2020, remove money bail and pretrial detention for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, leaving bail and remand an option for the most serious and violent felonies. Under the new pretrial system, people facing most misdemeanors and most nonviolent felonies will either be released on their own recognizance or face non-monetary conditions of pretrial release ahead of their trial.

For those accused of offenses that are bail eligible, little has changed. A judge will still assess a number of factors to determine whether a defendant is a flight risk and set bail accordingly. Under the new system, judges are required to consider a defendants ability to pay and must set at least three forms of bail, including a partially secured or unsecured bond (which are two of the least onerous forms of bail). For the most serious cases, remand remains an option, allowing a judge to hold someone in pretrial detention without bail.

Not sure whether or how the offenders being juveniles would impact stuff there