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To the editor:
Judge Eugene Bowen deserves credit for releasing 57-year-old Bronx bodega worker Jhony Cordero. His "crime" was using a gun he found left in his store to defend himself against would-be armed robbers on Thanksgiving.
Cordero was charged not only with gun possession, but with attempted murder. To their partial credit, prosecutors have dropped the attempted murder charge.
One of the armed robbery suspects was caught. The wounded 17-year-old was released. It seems that people who defend themselves have more to fear from our "justice" system than the criminals who attack them.
Another example of this is Jordan Neely getting no jail time for breaking a 67-year-old woman's nose in 2021. This case was just one of many offenses Neely was arrested for. But when Daniel Penny stopped Neely from carrying out threats against subway riders and in the process wound up killing him, he was prosecuted. Thankfully, a jury acquitted him of all charges.
I don't know how much hope we have to stop crime when Democrats would rather prosecute would-be victims than criminals and Republicans elect a criminal as president.
Richard Warren
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namrogm
One problem I see is that some prosecutors are holding civilians accountable for using force to defend themselves or others to the same extent they hold police officers accountable. Police officers get extensive training, and they are public servants. Civilians, even those with military training, don’t get the amount or quality of training and shouldn’t be judged the same way cops are judged when they use excessive force.
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