Memphis' district attorney will push bail reform despite critics blaming it for crime increases
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Memphis' new progressive district attorney explained why he's forward with pushing bail reform, despite that critics have correlated it with an increase in crime.
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Mulroy was sworn in on Aug. 31, making him the first Democrat to hold the position in decades. He campaigned on a progressive agenda, vowing to prioritize violent crime, fix the "broken bail system," implement restorative justice and expand Juvenile Court jurisdiction to age 25, among other policies.
"We need to move to a system where … the presumption is in favor of pretrial release" except in cases of "very serious violent crimes" or if there's "specific credible evidence that that particular defendant is either a danger to the community or a risk of flight," Mulroy said.