oreosfly t1_jb6wyh6 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Reply to comment by fieryscribe in Police arrest suspect in rape of woman on the Upper West Side by dosmey

ABC7 updated their article with the following info:

> When McIver was initially arrested in 2019, bail was set at $250,000. But he was released on his own recognizance in March 2020 after prosecutors failed to act in time under the speedy trial law.

> He was given a second chance and offered a no jail plea if he completed two years of treatment. He accepted, knowing that if he failed, he would be sent to prison the full five years.

A no prison plea for an attempted kiddie rapist? This city is run by fucking morons. Sentence him to treatment all you want but he can receive that treatment in prison.

God I fucking hate this place sometimes

bryllions t1_jb7fhvu wrote on March 7, 2023 at 12:17 AM

You should run for office.

alias_impossible t1_jbcteix wrote on March 8, 2023 at 2:52 AM

2020 reforms for fairness to stop issues like Kalief Browder included Speedy Trial, Bail Reform, and Discovery reform. All at once. What it didn't include? More money. More money to comply with the new standards. To hire relevant staff. To invest in the Alternatives to Incarceration that work, and report people who stop adhering to their ATI mandate while in community.

That doesn't excuse what happened, but it does make it more understandable in knowing that the learning curve to so many changes would be a rough one.