Bronx Criminal Court Judge Jeffrey Zimmerman cited the Grateful Dead in a decision blasting the 'confusing mess' left by New York's attempt at bail reform.
“Clearly, the bass player and lyricist of the Grateful Dead have never read New York’s bail reform statutes,” Zimmerman continued. “Instead of direction, the statutes provide judges with obfuscation and legislative sleight of hand.”
The Dead-infused court decision meant to explain why Zimmerman reduced bail for Edward Santiago, who was charged with attempted murder and gun possession and was initially held on a $335,000 bond.
Since 2020, the law has been amended three times to add more bail-qualifying crimes, including violent felonies, sex offenses and terrorism charges, and, most recently, to remove “the least restrictive alternative” provision — something Gov. Kathy Hochul as a way to give judges “more authority to set bail and detain dangerous defendants” who may be committing other crimes after posting bail.
The result, however, has been “a Swiss cheese of a sanction,” said Elizabeth Glazer, former director of the New York Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, “because it’s a confusing and opaque system with a free-for-all of standards.”“We need a clear system in which everybody knows what the factors are that are being used and what the true reasons are,” said Glazer, who now heads
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