Not too good, if this is an indication. NYC subway shover was free on assault due to bail reform
Because keeping dangerous offenders off the street would be unfair.
She shoved a woman into a train on a New York City subway platform. She apparently tried to push her in front of the train, but the woman fell back onto the subway platform with injuries.
Accused subway shover Anthonia Egegbara was free to allegedly terrorize morning rush-hour straphangers on Monday after getting released without bail in a July 5 assault in Harlem that left the victim with injuries that included a black eye, broken nose and a knocked-out tooth.
She apparently has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and so is not locked up because, again, that would be unfair.
And so the public is at risk to random attacks. How unfair is that?
Since it is almost impossible to commit a person for mental care involuntarily, it might be appropriate to consider "quarantine". Many "menally ill" people do quite well with the support of medications, family and friends. Some ar resistant to sustained care. If they reject care and then act in a manner that is dangerous to others, there should be a "quarantine" option independent of "prison". The "insane" are technically unable to commit a "crime" due to their mental condition, however, "quarantine" might be appropriate to protect others from violent actors. Such a system would require procedural safeguards to prevent the system from turning into a Soviet-style tool of oppression, but since the "worthies" are already talking of indefinite detention without charges, there doesn't seem to be much additional risk in using such a method to "quarantine" violent offenders. Obviously, such a mechanism would require some legal refining.
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