Adi Talwar
A bail business in the Bronx. The bail-review hearings launched in December come eight to 10 days after arraignment. By that time, many defendants are released, and much of the damage from a pre-trial jail stint might already be done.
‘Under the new amendments to the law, Kalief Browder would have been eligible for bail, the prosecutor would have again asked for bail, and bail would have been set. Under the law that just passed, Kalief’s story ends no differently.’
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