Epoch Times - California Experiments With Zero Bail, Here's What People Did After Leaving Jails #californiainsider
Aired: 2023-10-24
Duration: 00:51

[00:00:00]  You guys did a study on zero bail and showed that when there is no bail, the rate of crime goes up.
[00:00:05]  Can you tell us more about this study?
[00:00:07]  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.
[00:00:14]  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.
[00:00:25]  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.
[00:00:38]  In fact, in many cases, within hours, of people being released from custody on zero bail.
[00:00:44]  They were re-offending, committing new felony crimes.
[00:00:46]  Sometimes they committed murder, attempted murder, robbery, sexual assault, domestic violence.