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They recognized that there are certain procedural irregularities that made it impossible for the court to proceed on the core of the accusation, so concerning the misdemeanors, somebody can say that the accusations are dropped, but we cannot feel happy about this because really they just realized what we were shouting for the last four years, so there are still many things to be done in order to reach the final step which is the felonies that are still ongoing, and the investigation is still in process. – Zacharias Kessas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a result of this insane broken system, our recidivism rates have skyrocketed and those who say the predicted wave of recidivism wouldn't happen, and the studies that claim to show the rate of arrest for violent felonies has not changed since the reforms were passed, I have one word for you -- wrong. You are wrong. – Eric Adams	Found on CNN 1 year ago
[Schumer] encouraged their mob to go to those houses, break federal law, commit felonies and influence the outcome of a Supreme Court decision… No handcuffs and no leg irons like Peter Navarro. – Mark Levin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Patrick Lyoya was legally obligated to do. He failed to produce a license, he was driving on a bad registration tag, resisting arrest... not to mention the fact had Patrick Lyoya not been shot and killed, Patrick Lyoya would have been charged with one or two felonies. One attempting to disarm a police officer and resisting arrest. – Lewis Langham	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can not support someone for a lifetime appointment that has granted low bail for someone charged with violent felonies. – Senator Johnson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don’t necessarily think that she got a great deal just because she is wealthy, in fact, although she didn’t have to plead guilty to some of the more serious felonies she was charged with, her future is still in limbo and in the hands of the judge. – Lara Yeretsian	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The public outcry appears to have caused the DA to reverse himself within a month, the Feb. 4 letter appears to defang the memo, which gave clear instructions to go soft on many classes of cases, including certain gunpoint robberies and other violent felonies. – Mark Bederow	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We used to, if you were that kind of criminal, committing horrible violent felonies, at some point you would get a lengthy prison sentence, that’s not happening as much in a lot of cases. – Brantner Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we do know is : very suspicious, highly irregular and could lead to criminal charges, both cases, at a value of greater than $ 300,000, are first-degree felonies. – Carmen Roe	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We don’t wait for that when we have serious charges like felonies, you can turn yourself in, you can go to court, you can come to any one of our substations, but we’re going to go look for you immediately. – Michael Bouchard	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Those are felonies. There are more than enough tools in the California criminal justice toolbox to charge them as such and hold the folks accountable, these fit squarely within the organized retail crime statutes in the state of California where people are acting in concert with one or more people to exchange or return or sell what they steal. – Rob Bonta	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The best approach to a prosecution of Brooks is to charge him with murder and felony murder counts, in addition to attempted murder, maiming, criminal assault, and other straightforward felonies to account for those who were injured. – Andy McCarthy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Under federal law, there is a felony murder law, it means you're liable for any death that occurs in the course of certain felonies, though it's tough to find one that matches this set of circumstances. The only one that comes close -- but is still a stretch -- is burglary. – Elie Honig	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I have been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor, and I have cooperated with authorities every step of the way, i am committed to this community and our students, and I regret if this action has undermined your trust in me. From the beginning, my ultimate goal has been to provide the best environment for Elwood students' growth physically, mentally and academically, and I remain focused on that purpose. – Casey Smitherman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I understand it was her desire to help a young man that was in bad shape, but probably not the best example to set for young people to assume other identities and make false statements, i have been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor, and I have cooperated with authorities every step of the way. – Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The reality is, on a regular basis, cases are charged with various offenses, felonies and misdemeanors, and through the process in the legal system, charges are amended and the parties agree to a plea, what I can tell you is, rarely a case ends the way it is charged. – Student Defense Practice Group.What	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Fourteen years is, you know, violent felonies and treason. – Dick Durbin	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A large percent of ICE detainees have no criminal records and are more vulnerable in a prison setting – security staff and administrators at BOP facilities have spent their careers dealing with hardened criminals serving long sentences for serious felonies, and the procedures and staff training reflect that, this sudden mass transfer could result in some serious problems. – Kevin Landy	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Proposition 47 downgraded a variety of ‘non-serious, nonviolent crimes’ that had previously been considered felonies to misdemeanors…. A thief may now steal something under (a $950 limit) on a daily basis and it will never rise to felony status.… In the event that a perpetrator is pursued and apprehended, the consequence can be a small fine or a brief stay in jail. In reality, these repercussions are rare, outrage in these circumstances is apolitical…. ‘Every bicycle in our building has been stolen,’ says Karen Burns, president of a San Francisco condo association. ‘I’ve caught so many people stealing packages. They don’t care. They know nothing will happen to them. It’s crazy. It’s horrible. I feel like these people need to go to jail.’. – National Review	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Just because I had prior felonies in the past, that shouldn't mean I can't be compensated for what was done to me, it's hard getting back on your feet; anything would help. – Seth Penalver	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We agree that crime stats have to be accurate in order to know where and when to assign police resources, however, because of the serious shortage of police officers over the last decade and a half, management has consistently hammered police officers to reduce felonies to misdemeanors. – Patrick Lynch	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We've had to make major cuts in our law enforcement and prosecution budgets. We currently don't prosecute 1,800 felonies per year, we don't have the resources to enforce this law. – Jay Bozievich	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

They recognized that there are certain procedural irregularities that made it impossible for the court to proceed on the core of the accusation, so concerning the misdemeanors, somebody can say that the accusations are dropped, but we cannot feel happy about this because really they just realized what we were shouting for the last four years, so there are still many things to be done in order to reach the final step which is the felonies that are still ongoing, and the investigation is still in process.

– Zacharias Kessas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a result of this insane broken system, our recidivism rates have skyrocketed and those who say the predicted wave of recidivism wouldn't happen, and the studies that claim to show the rate of arrest for violent felonies has not changed since the reforms were passed, I have one word for you -- wrong. You are wrong.

– Eric Adams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[Schumer] encouraged their mob to go to those houses, break federal law, commit felonies and influence the outcome of a Supreme Court decision… No handcuffs and no leg irons like Peter Navarro.

– Mark Levin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Patrick Lyoya was legally obligated to do. He failed to produce a license, he was driving on a bad registration tag, resisting arrest... not to mention the fact had Patrick Lyoya not been shot and killed, Patrick Lyoya would have been charged with one or two felonies. One attempting to disarm a police officer and resisting arrest.

– Lewis Langham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can not support someone for a lifetime appointment that has granted low bail for someone charged with violent felonies.

– Senator Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t necessarily think that she got a great deal just because she is wealthy, in fact, although she didn’t have to plead guilty to some of the more serious felonies she was charged with, her future is still in limbo and in the hands of the judge.

– Lara Yeretsian

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The public outcry appears to have caused the DA to reverse himself within a month, the Feb. 4 letter appears to defang the memo, which gave clear instructions to go soft on many classes of cases, including certain gunpoint robberies and other violent felonies.

– Mark Bederow

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We used to, if you were that kind of criminal, committing horrible violent felonies, at some point you would get a lengthy prison sentence, that’s not happening as much in a lot of cases.

– Brantner Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we do know is : very suspicious, highly irregular and could lead to criminal charges, both cases, at a value of greater than $ 300,000, are first-degree felonies.

– Carmen Roe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We don’t wait for that when we have serious charges like felonies, you can turn yourself in, you can go to court, you can come to any one of our substations, but we’re going to go look for you immediately.

– Michael Bouchard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Those are felonies. There are more than enough tools in the California criminal justice toolbox to charge them as such and hold the folks accountable, these fit squarely within the organized retail crime statutes in the state of California where people are acting in concert with one or more people to exchange or return or sell what they steal.

– Rob Bonta

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The best approach to a prosecution of Brooks is to charge him with murder and felony murder counts, in addition to attempted murder, maiming, criminal assault, and other straightforward felonies to account for those who were injured.

– Andy McCarthy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Under federal law, there is a felony murder law, it means you're liable for any death that occurs in the course of certain felonies, though it's tough to find one that matches this set of circumstances. The only one that comes close -- but is still a stretch -- is burglary.

– Elie Honig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor, and I have cooperated with authorities every step of the way, i am committed to this community and our students, and I regret if this action has undermined your trust in me. From the beginning, my ultimate goal has been to provide the best environment for Elwood students' growth physically, mentally and academically, and I remain focused on that purpose.

– Casey Smitherman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I understand it was her desire to help a young man that was in bad shape, but probably not the best example to set for young people to assume other identities and make false statements, i have been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor, and I have cooperated with authorities every step of the way.

– Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The reality is, on a regular basis, cases are charged with various offenses, felonies and misdemeanors, and through the process in the legal system, charges are amended and the parties agree to a plea, what I can tell you is, rarely a case ends the way it is charged.

– Student Defense Practice Group.What

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Fourteen years is, you know, violent felonies and treason.

– Dick Durbin

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A large percent of ICE detainees have no criminal records and are more vulnerable in a prison setting – security staff and administrators at BOP facilities have spent their careers dealing with hardened criminals serving long sentences for serious felonies, and the procedures and staff training reflect that, this sudden mass transfer could result in some serious problems.

– Kevin Landy

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Proposition 47 downgraded a variety of ‘non-serious, nonviolent crimes’ that had previously been considered felonies to misdemeanors…. A thief may now steal something under (a $950 limit) on a daily basis and it will never rise to felony status.… In the event that a perpetrator is pursued and apprehended, the consequence can be a small fine or a brief stay in jail. In reality, these repercussions are rare, outrage in these circumstances is apolitical…. ‘Every bicycle in our building has been stolen,’ says Karen Burns, president of a San Francisco condo association. ‘I’ve caught so many people stealing packages. They don’t care. They know nothing will happen to them. It’s crazy. It’s horrible. I feel like these people need to go to jail.’.

– National Review

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Just because I had prior felonies in the past, that shouldn't mean I can't be compensated for what was done to me, it's hard getting back on your feet; anything would help.

– Seth Penalver

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We agree that crime stats have to be accurate in order to know where and when to assign police resources, however, because of the serious shortage of police officers over the last decade and a half, management has consistently hammered police officers to reduce felonies to misdemeanors.

– Patrick Lynch

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We've had to make major cuts in our law enforcement and prosecution budgets. We currently don't prosecute 1,800 felonies per year, we don't have the resources to enforce this law.

– Jay Bozievich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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