The ongoing flaws of New Jersey's bail reform law revisions has contributed, at least in part, to the rising amount of car thefts and vehicle burglaries all over the state including in Monmouth County.
misdemeanor cases resulted in jail sentences. about five times lower than in 2019. now look, in a controversial day one memo d.a. bragg ordered his prosecutors to downgrade felonies and stop seeking prison sentences in many crimes. total crime is up city-wide 28% from last year. shooting incidents and shooting victims are down about 15%. in a statement bragg s office said this. the fact is we have prosecuted 459 more felonies this year compared to last and we have three times as many gun convictions so far this year compared to all of 2019. we ll continue prosecuting violence drivers and prioritizing safety and fairness in every case. bragg points to covid-19, a 2019 reform law that led to a lot of cases being dismissed because of technicalities and the state s new bail reform law that ends cash bail in most cases.
sure that judges and prosecutors charge appropriately. dana: fox team coverage. griff jenkins covering the election battle for new york. lee zeldin is closing the gap in his campaign to unseat hochul. karl rove bringing in his insight. david lee miller has more on hochul s response to the murder and the growing crime crisis overall. good morning, david lee. despite growing controversy new york governor hochul is not backing down from her support of the state s bail reform law. opponents of the law saying it is to blame for the death of the young mother of three shot to death by her estranged husband. i the attack was caught on video. it appears to show her being beaten and punched by her estranged husband last month. adam was charged with third degree assault and other miss demeanors. that required a judge to release
six. when that capital was wrapped, and people are injured. he s sitting there talking about voting irregularities. he s continue to maintain, saying the issues remain, that s what he said last week in the debate without kathy hochul. he s trying to play both sides of the fence. he s saying, yes, irregularities are concerned, but says biden was legitimately elected. he s being very enviable figure, who s doing real talk about new york s issues and what we need to do here. yeah, this amnesia is a key part of this. he s also, he s also focus relentlessly on crime. he s made the case, which is completely belied by the data, new york s bail reform law has led to it. i can t count the number of ads i ve seen, it s part of a broader agenda or republican and conservatives, to just basically focus on the issue to
country. until the bail reform law is reformed or changed, the people will be allowed to be set free without bail set. that puts people in fear and no one to blame but the far left democrats. hear from one of the democrats who voted to end cash bail, putting more accused criminals on the streets. what was he thinking? welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. the first one flew by. hey, john. and hi again, sandra. we will talk to the democrats eager to get out the message, maybe end more so after the power rankings kicking off a brand-new hour of america reports. sandra: fox news alert to kick off a busy hour of campaigning in key battleground states, one week to go to election day. georgia, former vice president mike pence is campaigning for governor brian kemp s