ICYMI: Nassau DA Candidates Sound Off On Bail Reform

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — Bail reform has been a hot-button issue on Long Island, particularly as hundreds of inmates are due to be freed in January in Nassau County alone. In April 2019, state lawmakers passed sweeping legislation restricting the use of cash bail and pretrial jailing, as well as changing rules around how prosecutors and accused criminals share evidence.

While cash bail and jailing are still allowed under most violent felony cases, Nassau district attorney candidates have homed in on certain parts of the law that ban setting bail for second-degree burglary, robbery and major drug crimes outside of trafficking charges.

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