SUV.
NO WORD YET ON A MOTIVE FOR THE
SHOOTING.
CONTROVERSY OVER A NEW
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
CASH BAIL WILL BE ELIMINATED
JANUARY 1st FOR HUNDREDS OF
OFFENSES.
NOW WE ARE LEARNING SOME
DEFENDANTS COULD BE LET OUT
EARLIER AND GIVEN REWARDS TO
GET THEM TO SHOW UP TO COURT.
LISA ROZNER HAS THIS.
Reporter: JANUARY 1st STATE
JUDGES WILL SPARE SOME ARRESTED
TEENS AND ADULTS FROM HEARING
THAT SOUND, CASH BAIL WILL NO
LONGER BE REQUIRED FOR MOST
MISDEMEANORS AND NONVIOLENT
FELONIES LIKE SELLING DRUGS OR
BURGLARIZING A HOME.
AND NOW THE STATE SAYS NEARLY
900 IN JAIL WILL BE RELEASED
STARTING MID-DECEMBER.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE ON OUR
HANDS.
IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO SCHOOL
WITHOUT A PRINCIPAL, WITHOUT
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, WITHOUT
TEACHERS AND JUST LETTING THE
STUDENTS BE IN THE SCHOOL AND
SAY, FEND FOR YOURSELF.
Reporter: REPUBLICAN
ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE LA PETRI
EXPECTS AROUND 500 INMATES ON
LONG ISLAND TO BE FREED.
THIS IS A TRAVESTY OF
JUSTICE AND THESE ARE
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE SOLICITED
SEX FROM CHILDREN.
THESE ARE CRIMINALS WHO HAVE
SOLICITED DRUGS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Reporter: A LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOURCE SAYS A CITY PROGRAM WILL
OFFER THOSE RELEASED INCENTIVES
TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SHOW UP IN
COURTS, SUCH AS METS BASEBALL
TICKETS, A SUBWAY PASS OR
DUNKIN' DONUTS GIFT CARD.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GOVERNOR
TOLD US HE EXPECTS THE REFORMS
TO BE IMPLEMENTED
APPROPRIATELY.
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
DOES NOT HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE CITY'S REWARDS
PROGRAM.
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY WHICH
PROVIDES GOVERNMENT FUNDED
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS IS
FILING MOTIONS FOR ELIGIBLE
CLIENTS IMMEDIATELY SO THEY CAN
BE RELEASED AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO THERE'S NO PUBLIC SAFETY
RISK OR ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW,
OR THREAT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT
COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH MONEY
DOES THIS PERSON HAVE IN THEIR
WALLET.
Reporter: MEANTIME OPPONENTS
LIKE JUDDLESON ARE ASKING THE
GOVERNOR TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT THE OFFENSES COVERED BY THE
LEGISLATION AND RECONSIDER
BEFORE THE NEW YEAR.
IN BROOKLYN, LISA ROZNER, CBS2
NEWS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TOLD US
SAFETY IS HIS TOP PRIORITY AND
WITH REGARDS TO OFFERING THOSE
GIFTS TO THOSE RELEASED,
