Vol. 41, No. 21 MAY 22, 2023 Judge Sayfie is out of sync with public opinion Publisher BY GRANT MILLER Recently, I wrote a col- umn outlining why it would Fourteen year-old Max Garcia be a bad idea to allow vio- lent criminals to be released immediately...
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Vol. 41, No. 21 MAY 22, 2023 Judge Sayfie is out of sync with public opinion Publisher BY GRANT MILLER Recently, I wrote a col- umn outlining why it would Fourteen year-old Max Garcia be a bad idea to allow vio- lent criminals to be released immediately after arrest without posting a bond or sets his sights on Indy 500 appearing before a judge. That idea, put forth in a proposal by Nushin G. Sayfie, Chief Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, would allow defendants charged with robbery by sudden snatching, animal cru- elty resulting in serious bodily injury or death, and non-domestic assault and battery to go home after being booked. That’s not what Miami-Dade County resi- dents want. And neither does the Miami- Dade County Commission, which voted unanimously that they “strongly oppose any reforms to bail and bond schedules or pretrial release programs of the 11th Judicial Circuit that would automatically grant arrested per- sons pretrial release on nonmonetary condi- tions, o
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