Mayor de Blasio testifies in front of Judge Lippman (photo: Demetrius Freeman, Mayor's Office)
New York's “broken bail system” puts an estimated 50,000 people behind city bars each year simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. These people are accused of low-level, non-violent offenses, many of whom wind up not even seeing trial or being convicted of a crime. But, they do not have the means to pay bail,
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