Quick reminder: The point is to avoid ruining a life before the day in court.
asking lawmakers for a profound change in the law, one that would essentially force judges to detain anyone arrested on a gun charge without bail until the case goes to trial – even first-time offenders charged with simple possession.
Sayegh believes that “with possession of a gun, most likely that individual didn’t have good intentions. So that individual should be detained.”, whose city has set homicide records the last two years. But he had no supporting facts: Their cops arrested 195 people on gun charges in 2021 and 75 were released, but there is no evidence that any of the 75 committed another offense since then.
“Before we gut bail reform, which has revolutionized pretrial justice in New Jersey, we need data,” said Jennifer Sellitti of the Office of the Public Defender. “We need to see what people are being re-arrested for. You could have five people in a car, and if a cop finds a gun in the console that one person is probably responsible for, that’s five gun arrests. Under the amendment they endorse, all five would be detained without bail.
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