ShinyGodzilla t1_iuq3muo wrote
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>A career criminal was repeatedly busted and released again in Manhattan in the past month — allegedly committing one of his crimes right behind the courthouse less than an hour after being freed, records show.
> Darin Mickens, 55, is so prolific at his illicit pickpocketing craft that he was once featured in the NYPD’s “Nifty 50” deck of cards of the Big Apple’s biggest subway-crime recidivists, police sources said.
DontDrinkTooMuch t1_iuq42do wrote
"currently has three open cases tied to a slew of Manhattan pickpocket "busts — in which he was released without bail each time."
Being released without bail means he didn't face trial yet. I think you have a big misunderstanding how the court system works.
ShinyGodzilla t1_iuq6isw wrote
> This guy never met a pocket he didn’t want to pick,” a disgusted law enforcement source said.
> The sticky-fingered suspect has lodged 66 arrests in all and currently has three open cases tied to a slew of Manhattan pickpocket busts — in which he was released without bail each time.
> In two of his most recent cases, even Manhattan prosecutors from soft-on-crime District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that Mickens be held on cash bail as high as $75,000 because of his repeat arrests, citing a tweak to the state’s heavily criticized bail-reform laws that supposedly allows the move.
> Mickens had been charged in each case with fourth-degree grand larceny, a non-violent felony that is not eligible for bail under the controversial criminal reform statutes. The 2019 state bail-reform measures, viewed as excessively lenient by critics, changed the landscape of the criminal-justice system in the Empire State.
> The measure eliminated bail for misdemeanors and many felony changes, stripping judges of discretion to order defendants held, including repeat offenders.
> In two of his most recent cases, even Manhattan prosecutors from soft-on-crime District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that Mickens be held on cash bail as high as $75,000 because of his repeat arrests, citing a tweak to the state’s heavily criticized bail-reform laws that supposedly allows the move.
> Mickens had been charged in each case with fourth-degree grand larceny, a non-violent felony that is not eligible for bail under the controversial criminal reform statutes.
> The “harm on harm” statute is one of the few tools prosecutors still have to argue for bail in cases involving non-bail-eligible offenses — but it’s a remedy not typically granted.
DontDrinkTooMuch t1_iuq77zr wrote
You can keep quoting the article but you're missing it's crucial points that don't say he's being freed on charges.
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