The effort to roll back new bail rules looks to be gathering momentum, with a coalition of State Senators, including Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, proposing fundamental changes to the reforms.
The Senators’ plan would eliminate cash bail altogether but expand the list of crimes for which a suspect could be held behind bars. Their proposal, which has not been formalized as legislation, would still oblige judges to release people accused of certain crimes, but would grant them latitude when determining whether to release someone detained in connection with a death, as well as suspects in domestic-violence and hate-crime cases.
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