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NYC Sets Bail at $0 for Non-Violent Suspects

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 9, 2015

Elizabeth Glazer, director of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, discusses the de Blasio administration's $17.8 million initiative to supervise non-violent defendants in their communities instead of detaining them in jail if they can't afford bail while they await trial.

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