Oct. 24, 2023 - Epoch Times
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| You guys did a study on zero bail and showed that when there is no bail, the rate of crime goes up. | |
| Can you tell us more about this study? | |
| Early in 2020, when COVID was first heating up, there was a lot of concern that people in jails that were crowded would get sick and die. | |
| The courts in California decided to implement a policy of We have zero bail, basically telling all 58 counties in California to release people automatically after they committed certain crimes. | |
| What our study has shown is they were reoffending at an astounding rate, committing over 163% more crime than people who posted bail and committing 200% more violent crime than people who posted bail. | |
| In fact, in many cases, within hours, of people being released from custody on zero bail. | |
| They were re-offending, committing new felony crimes. | |
| Sometimes they committed murder, attempted murder, robbery, sexual assault, domestic violence. |
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