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Re:The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains,... by throwayyy479087 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:57PM (#34904915)
It's up ~40% in the last 3 years.

> If there really are less than 1000 people responsible for so much violent crime, this seems like institutional ineptitude on a pretty staggering scale.

They arrest them, but the state lets them out. A lot of state reps are openly against any form of prison/jail for criminals - this is what those policies produce.

Re:The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains,... by Per_Bothner on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @07:22PM (#34905083)
_"They arrest them, but the state lets them out. A lot of state reps are openly against any form of prison/jail for criminals - this is what those policies produce."_

I call bullshit. You've been watching too much right-wing propaganda. Name some of these reps.

Re:The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains,... by torstenvl on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @08:33PM (#34905637)
I don't know about state representatives, but Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA, is explicitly against zealous prosecution of violent crimes (e.g., armed burglary) that don't result in actual physical harm. He was later forced to backpedal on that position.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/manhattan-da-alvin-brag...

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-manhattan-da-alvin-b...

As a prosecutor, he also engaged in racially-motivated prosecution of a clear case of self-defense until public pressure forced him to back off.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-video-shows-girlfr...

NYC officials are pro-criminal, anti-everyday person.

Re:The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains,... by chrsjxn on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @09:51PM (#34906111)
Wikipedia has a telling graph of the murder rates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City#Murders....

40% up from pandemic lows sounds concerning, but we're still down near the bottom of a 30 year decline.

And from: https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/stats.htm, NYC had anywhere from 120,000 to nearly 300,000 arrests each year from 2012 to 2021. 10 people abusing bail reform? 716 shooters? These numbers are many orders of magnitude lower than the number of people affected by crime and the criminal justice system in New York every year.