A “zero-bail” policy was reinstated in Los Angeles County, but it does not apply to serious or violent offenses, contrary to social media claims.
Those documents say,"As a rule, the bail for all infraction, misdemeanor, and felony offenses will be set at $0, with the exception of the offenses listed below." It then lists misdemeanor and felony exceptions. The text in the screenshot comes from Pages 3 and 4, items 6 through 19, which are listed under"felony exceptions."
In the case of felony exceptions, the document says,"bail for the offenses … shall be set within the discretion of the bench officer," using the as a guide. When setting the bail, the document says, the bench officer would consider the case’s facts, the risk to public safety and the previous COVID-19 emergency goal of reducing the jail population.July 1, 2022. It was reinstated May 24 after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff issued a May 16 ruling in a class action lawsuit that enforcing the bail policy against poor people who were detained in jail is a"serious constitutional violation.
Riff issued a preliminary injunction that effectively reinstated the October 2020 version of the county’s zero-bail policy. We rate the claim that a list shows crimes in Los Angeles that"people will be set free on as of today" False.
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