Van Phu Bui, a registered sex offender, was freed without bail after his charges were downgraded from attempted murder to assault and harassment.
Van Phu Bui, 55, was given supervised release, which is not bail-eligible.
His charges were also downgraded from attempted murder to assault and harassment by the Bronx District Attorney's office, charges that are misdemeanors and not bail-eligible.RELATED:"If they brought assault in the third degree, which is misdemeanor assault, it means that they don't have the evidence right now to show that it's a more serious assault or a felony," Ansari told FOX 5 NY.
Rafael Mangual, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of "Criminal Justice," shares his perspective on bail reform and crime in New York.Bui has a previous conviction for first-degree sex abuse from 1995 and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was paroled in 2019 and is registered as a Level 3 sex offender, the most serious designation.
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