Trump has published an executive decree ordering the Attorney General Pam Bondi to draw up a list of states and local jurisdictions with bond policies without cash. Its administration will then identify the federal funds provided to the courts which can be interrupted or terminated, according to a press release from the White House.
In particular, Trump also published a separate decree specifically targeting the District of Columbiawhere he recently deployed the National Guard. In order, Trump said there was a “criminal emergency” in the district, and that his preliminary liberation policies were partly to blame.
“The fantasy of the radical left of the so-called bond without species '' transformed the streets of American cities into hunting grounds for repeated criminals who make fun of our judicial system by committing a crime after a crime without consequences,” said the White House.
Meanwhile, supporters of the surety reform criticized the decree, arguing that there is no link between policies and increased crime. David Gaspar, CEO of the non-profit bonding project, said in a press release: “Efforts to extend pre-trial detention or restrict the so-called bond without species are dangerous, counterproductive and out of step with the evidence”.
According to the project, no -species bond policies are designed to guarantee that no one is held in prison only because they cannot afford to pay their freedom, according to the project. Defenders of wealth have said that the use of money to ensure that suspects are preliminary to preliminary freedom and more on low -income accused and in particular people of color. In 2023, Illinois has become the first state Abolish the use of money's obligations after his supreme court revealed that this was indeed constitutional.
Trump underlined the affairs in Illinois, New York and DC where he said that the Polish -upwinding policies allowed people to commit other crimes. In one case, he said, an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren of Aragua was released without surety after a murder attempt in New York. Enyerbert Blanco, 27, was then arrested for drug trafficking and released before being arrested and detained for sex trafficking in Florida. In another case, said the White House, a suspect in murder of Illinois worked freely within the framework of the state -free deposit system.
However, studies have shown that the bond reform has had No statistical impact on crime rates across the country. Last year, a study of Brennan Center for Justice has New York University Law School examined 33 American cities, 22 of which have implemented a deposit reform – like Atlanta and Dallas – and 11 which did not do so. The researchers found no statistically significant difference between crime rates in one or the other category.
“In other words, there is no reason to believe that the bond reform has led to increased crime,” said the Brennan Center in the August 2024 report.
In the declaration of Monday, Gaspar said that the bond reforms “sought to cancel the two -level justice system created by the cash register where wealth, and not security, determines which is released”.
“People with money can pay a deposit – whatever the risk they pose – while those who have not been forced to stay in prison, even if they have no risk,” he said.
Gaspar said the reforms have reduced the unnecessary prison sentence, strengthened the appearance of the courts and made communities more security.
“Despite the contrary allegations, the reform of the surety is not to let people take down,” he said. “It is a question of replacing a system based on riches with a rooted in fairness, regular procedure and evidence. If President Trump really wants to make America again great '', it should strengthen the values which define our judicial system – equity, equality and presumption of innocence.”
– Additional reports by Rachel Rippetoe and Marco Poggio.
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