New Yorkers are still suffering through former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s judicial appointments of “Let ’em go” judges, who put criminals back on the streets. Now, with the city poised to elect Zohran Mamdani, a radical who wants to ease up on crime, it could get much worse. Newsmax’s Betsy McCaughey reports:
Mamdani is intensely anti-incarceration, at times questioning if jails even have a purpose.
The pro-crime industrial complex is elated at the prospect. Legal Aid lawyer Susan Light, who represented one of the two men absconding in the Dodge Charger, says “Mamdani has made a lot of promises. . . . One is more bail reform and social workers with cops.”
“We’ve been the victims of wrongheaded judges in the past, but it could get much worse,” predicts Kelly.
New Yorkers are still suffering the consequences of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s appointment of “let ’em go” judges.
Among the worst is Queens Criminal Court Judge Wanda “Wendy” Licitra, an ex-Legal Aid attorney appointed by De Blasio in 2021.
She lets violent perps walk before trial a shocking 85% of the time, according to a New York Post review of data from the Office of Court Administration in March.
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