HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM."
>> Sandra: BRYAN, THANK YOU.
>> John: LET’S BRING IN FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR LEO TERRELL, PUT THE
STATISTICS THE NEW YORK POST PUT
ON THE SCREEN AND COMPARATIVELY,
LEO, AND THEN REMARK ON THEM.
52% OF CASES DOWNGRADED TO
MISDEMEANORS, 39% IN 2019.
CONVICTIONS ON FELONIES, 51% OF
THE TIME, DOWN FROM 68% IN 2019.
DECLINE TO PROSECUTE, 35% OF
FELONY CASES, AND REQUESTED BAIL
IN JUST 49% OF FELONY CASES,
DOWN FROM 69% IN 2019.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE
STATISTIC, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
GOING ON THERE AT THE MANHATTAN
D.A.’S OFFICE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THOSE NUMBERS
ARE SHOCKING AND DANGEROUS FOR
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS, JOHN, IN NEW
YORK CITY.
I’VE BEEN A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER
AND CRIMINAL LAWYER OVER 30
YEARS.
THOSE ARE PROSECUTION DISCRETION
NUMBERS.
DOWNGRADING FELONIES TO
MISDEMEANOR.
FELONY CONVICTIONS AND
MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION, HE’S
LOSING 3-1, AND 50/50 CHANCE HE
WILL LOSE FELONY CONVICTION.
THE CRIMINAL WILL SAY I’LL GO TO
TRIAL, I HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO
GET OFF.
ABANDONED THE ABILITY TO
PROSECUTE TO ACT AS A DETERRENT,
HE’S LOST IT AND INTENTIONALLY.
DOWNGRADED THE FELONIES TO
MISDEMEANORS, THE CRIMES ARE
STILL SERIOUS BUT HE’S LOWERED
THE STANDARD FOR THE CONVICTION.
AND IT’S JUST SCARY FOR ALL
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY
OF NEW YORK.
>> John: AS WE SAW IN THE FINE
REPORT A MOMENT AGO, ALVIN
BRAGG’S OFFICE IS PUSHING BACK
AGAINST ALL OF THIS SAYING LOOK,
YOU ARE COMPARING STATISTICS
DURING COVID TO STATISTICS NOW,
WE ARE STILL HAVING SOME
PROBLEMS GETTING THINGS BACK ON
TRACK.
HERE IS WHAT EUGENE O’DONNELL,
PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT
JOHN JAKE COLLEGE, AND EX-NYPD
AND FORMER PROSECUTOR, THE REAL
QUESTION AT THIS POINT IS WHY DO
YOU HAVE A D.A.’S OFFICE?
WHY IS THE -- WHAT IS THE D.A.
OFFICE THERE FOR?
THE GUY IS ANTI-PUNISHMENT,
ANTI-RESPONSIBILITY, THESE
NUMBERS REFLECT THAT.
I MEAN, THE D.A., HE SETS THE
TONE, HE OR SHE IN THAT CASE,
SETS THE TONE AND THEN DELIVERS
THE MARCHING ORDERS FROM ON
HIGH.
IS THIS NOTHING BUT FLOW THROUGH
FROM ALVIN BRAGG’S HEAD?
>> JOHN, LET ME BE CLEAR.
IT IS INSULTING TO USE COVID AS
A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ASSAULTS
ON THE SUBWAY, THE MURDERS,
STABBINGS.
THAT IS NOT THE MOTIVATION FOR
THESE CRIMES THAT ARE FELONIES
AND MISDEMEANOR.
SECONDLY, ALVIN BRAGG IS A
PUBLIC DEFENDER DRESSED AS A
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE
VICTIM.
HE IS TRYING TO BASICALLY OPEN
THE JAILS AND BASICALLY ALLOW
CRIMINALS TO RUN THE STREET AND
THEY ARE.
I CANNOT STRESS THE POINT WHEN
HE HAS THE DISCRETION TO CHANGE
A FELONY TO A MISDEMEANOR, HE’S
GIVING A CRIMINAL A PASS TO
LEAVE AND WALK.
AND HIS CONVICTION RATE IS
HORRIBLE.
GOOD D.A.s USUALLY CONVICT 70 TO
80%.
AND THOSE ARE JUST OUTRIGHT
FACTS.
HE HAS NO INTENTION OF
PROSECUTING CRIMINALS, JOHN.
THAT’S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.
AND LAST POINT, JOHN, HE GOT A
PASS WHEN LEE ZELDIN DID NOT WIN
THAT ELECTION.
IF HE DID, THAT BUY WOULD BE OUT
OF OFFICE.
>> John: ONE PERPETRATOR
PROBABLY NOT WALKING THE STREETS
EVER AGAIN IS THE SHOOTER IN THE
HORRIBLE TOP SHOOTING IN
BUFFALO.
HE PLED GUILTY, HATE CRIME,
ATTEMPTED MURDER AS A HATE CRIME
AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
UNDER NEW YORK LAW, THE REST OF
HIS LIFE IN JAIL BUT COULD FACE
POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY CHARGES
TR HANDS OF FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.
>> THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY,
THANK GOODNESS THAT CASE IS --
IT WAS A HORRIBLE SITUATION,
THANK GOODNESS ALVIN BRAGG DID
NOT HAVE HIS PAWS ON THAT CASE.
THAT CASE IS OUTSIDE OF HIS