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cjgl-8062	Gutenplan, Hannah	A Fairer, Safer, and More Just System for All New Yorkers: Domestic Violence and New York Bail Reform	2021	39	.pdf	application/pdf	15391	691	48	New York is the only state that does not allow courts to consider public safety when making release decisions.213 Before the 1970s, all bail statutes permitted judges to only consider flight risk when setting bail conditions.214 Following the era of “tough on crime” rhetoric, the 1984 Bail Reform Act, and the Supreme Court’s ruling in Salerno, states began to allow judges to consider public safety when setting bail or imposing pretrial detention.215 Many states also adopted preventative detention following the 1984 Act.216 In 2012, the New York Criminal Justice Agency (CJA), after a decade of research on bail in New York City, recommended New York legislators consider amending New York bail laws to authorize preventative detention for dangerous defendants.217 Such change would require a public safety consideration to be authorized in the bail laws as well. The Vera Institute of Justice conservatively estimated that there would be at least a 40% reduction in New York’s pretrial jail population if the legislation is implemented effectively.123 In comparison, there was a 30.4% reduction in New Jersey’s pretrial jail population as measured two years after New Jersey bail reform went into effect.124 Governor Cuomo’s office anticipated that in approximately 90% of cases in New York after the legislation takes effect, persons charged but not yet convicted will remain out of jail before their trials.125	cache/cjgl-8062.pdf	txt/cjgl-8062.txt