Episode #43 - "Legislators Want to Empty Jails with Bail Reform"

Published: June 8, 2022, 3:13 p.m.

On episode #43 of the Advance Oakland Lifeline, host Shane Trejo warns of impending "bail reform" with Republican lawmakers in Lansing selling out public safety and supporting measures that would empty jails and empower criminals. We look at the case study of New Jersey where bail reform caused more gun violence and examine the corporate interests pushing Republicans to support weak-on-crimes measures that are reviled by their constituents.