California's Zero-Bail Policies Have Been A Deadly Failure

California's state lawmakers recently failed to pass bail reform legislation, creating a case study in how fundamentally poor public policy will self-destruct if it's exposed for what it is.

There is a human face to criminal justice reform gone bad-and ultimately it tripped up the legislators behind the latest attempt at force-feeding bail reform to the Golden State's citizens.

Even the staunchest bail reform advocates were compelled to take a step back after the horrific events of September 6.

When it emerged that Davis had been released on zero bail, the impetus for a bail reform bill that was steamrolling its way through the California Senate immediately screeched to a halt.

Senate Bill 262 was later introduced in another of a series of attempts to eliminate most monetary bail.

Even as the importance of bail in the criminal justice system is being recognized, the careful balance that it creates between defendants and the public has grown more precarious.

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert laid the blame for Davis's heinous acts squarely on California's bail policies.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/californias_zerobail_policies_have_been_a_deadly_failure.html