A push by left-wing activists nationally to eliminate cash bail, which they call a linchpin of progressive criminal justice reform, has been stopped in its tracks in a pair of Long Island, New York, counties.
The Republican district attorney candidates who won on Tuesday came as a rebuff against a New York criminal justice measure that removes cash bail for certain low-level crimes. It can be seen more broadly as voter reaction against changing the use of money bail, which criminal justice reform advocates say is part of a deeply unequal justice system.
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