Or that’s what his new plan seems like anyway. Manhatten’s newly appointed D.A., Alvin Bragg, has a plan to “empty the jails.” He doesn’t want to prosecute most crimes. He feels unless it’s a serious crime, like murder, he’s not going to imprison anyone. Bragg’s anti-jail plan is pretty much the opposite of newly appointed NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Adams wants to clean up the streets and bring justice to the City.
“Manhattan’s new district attorney has ordered his prosecutors to stop seeking prison sentences in a slew of criminal cases, according to a set of progressive policies made public Tuesday.
In his first memo to staff on Monday, Alvin Bragg said his office “will not seek a carceral sentence” except for in homicide and a handful of other cases, including domestic violence felonies, some sex crimes, and public corruption.
“This rule may be excepted only in extraordinary circumstances based on a holistic analysis of the facts, criminal history, victim’s input (particularly in cases of violence or trauma), and any other information available,” the memo reads.”
“In the rare cases where prosecutors will be allowed to ask for jail sentences, no sentence shall be for more than 20 years. He quite literally says that there will be no exceptions. So if you’re in New York City and you go mow down a dozen police officers with a gun or a vehicle, you can’t be sentenced to more than two decades. He specifically forbids any sentences of life without parole for anything.”
Did they elect a criminal as D.A. in Manhatten? The District Attorney is supposed to prosecute criminals and get them put away for their crimes, thereby keeping law-abiding citizens safe. Whereas Bragg here looks to be trying to find methods to make his job easier. But I guess New Yorkers wanted more crime since they voted him in.
