“When did you turn into such a Republican?” a close friend asked me over lunch Jan. 7.
Actually, I’m what in our native Brooklyn is called a “freakin’ liberal,” but my friend was reacting to my critique of the early days of bail reform in New York. An attorney specializing in appeals who handles some criminal-defense cases, he was making the argument that the changes approved last year by the Legislature and signed into law by Governor Cuomo as part of the state budget deal were a needed corrective in a system that had been tilted in favor of prosecutors.
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