How Is That Bail Reform Working Out

No matter how many times he offends, they set him free. Nathaniel Turner set free without bail by Manhattan Judge Paul McDonnell

A Manhattan judge let a career criminal on lifetime parole who allegedly punched one cop and tried to bite another waltz out of his court without bail — the second time this week the jurist let a recidivist walk free, The Post has learned.

So he is on lifetime probation, but committing new crimes doesn't seem to be a violation of that probation. Because keeping criminals in jail would be unfair.

PBA President Patrick Lynch said the parole system is “broken” — and “judges like this refuse to protect the public.”

“All we have are two revolving doors – one putting violent criminals back on the streets, and another putting cops and innocent victims in the hospital. It has to change,” he said.

In the meantime the politicians in New York are at a loss to explain the rise in crime, and governor Hochul signed a law outlawing the use of the term "inmate" because that will make all the difference in achieving rehabilitation. Or something.

The phrase "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" comes to mind.

As for New York's criminal justice system, so called...

“Someone has to die now before anyone spends a night in jail,” one [law enforcement] source fumed.

Things will have to get much worse before they get better. It looks like Hochul is going to win the fall election, so this is what the people of New York want.