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Manslaughter in the Second Degree has always been classified as a "non-violent" crime in New York. Whether actual violence occurred is not relevant under law. This has always been the case. But under the new legislation, bail is not permitted on non-violent felonies absent certain excepted crimes. Manslaughter 2 is not listed as an excepted crime.
I guess the prosecutor, instead of criticizing the law on his political soapbox, should know the law. If this was indeed a violent crime, why did the prosecutor not charge the defendant with first degree manslaughter. He can't have it both ways.
On a side note, how can someone be a "former veteran" as stated in the story?
So, I tried to find out how my state senator ( Kaplan) voted on this but could not find it. Looks like they buried this major major change in the Criminal Justice system into the budget bill. I guess they feel this gives the LI senators some cover!
This is getting a lot of kick back from the public. Those up for relection or election will be speaking loudly shortly.
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