Under California's new $0 cash bail rules, child abusers are now eligible for immediate release. San Bernardino County Sheriff @sheriffmcmahon tells me he had to release a felony child abuse suspect /w priors for domestic violence & child abuse immediately after arrest. @FOXLA
California's Judicial Council carved out 13 exemptions for the $0 cash bail, including serious and violent felonies, and while domestic violence made the list, child abuse inexplicably did not. How does that happen? I press the Council for answers, story 2nite at 10pm on @FOXLA
On top of this, the Sheriff tells me the mandate is forcing him to release hundreds of inmates, including some with serious previous felony convictions. A prosecutor told me today re: rule, "You spit on your wife, you go to jail, you give your kid a black eye, you're free to go."
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