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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Maybe it was mentioned earlier in the thread but I did a quick check and didn't see it. Sandra Doorley, the District Attorney who charged Jakubonis with second degree assault is a co-chair of Zeldin's campaign. Because the charge was second degree and not first degree, Jakubonis was eligible for release. So, I don't think the repeated attempts to blame Jakubonis' release on progressives are warranted. To the contrary, Zeldin's own campaign co-chair is to blame.

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Cashless bail was brought into law January 1, 2020. Wasn't Doorley simply following the law? Didn't she have to? Who wrote the law?[/quote]

If Jakubonis had been charged with first degree assault, he would not have been eligible for release. Zeldin Campaign Co-Chair and District Attorney Doorley inexplicably chose the lesser 2nd degree charge. Because this appears to have been an attempt to inflict serious injury with a weapon, the first degree charge is justified. For that matter, an attempted murder charge would not be out of the question. 
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The goal of a DA is to ensure a charge sticks. Given the weapon’s size and Jakubonis’ state of mind (and seemingly intoxicated state), it made sense to go with the lesser charge. Regardless, if the law had not been changed, there would have been bail.[/quote]

So now you are saying that this incident didn't amount to much? Then I guess none of this outrage is warranted. [/quote]

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