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No Bail, No Thinking?

Posted 6/3/19

Shortly before a new city policy was to take effect June 1 allowing some 18- and 19-year-olds charged with second-degree assault, robbery or burglary to gain no-bail supervised release, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice said the change “should more than triple the number of defendants” eligible for the Youth Engagement Track previously limited to 16- and 17-year-olds.

OCJ made this sound like a positive development. That isn’t necessarily a majority opinion, and for good reason.

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