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  Republicans introduce bill requiring DOJ to disclose info on felony pre-trial releases buh buh biden <drooler@gmail.com> - 2022-03-29 07:10 +0000

#2067 — Republicans introduce bill requiring DOJ to disclose info on felony pre-trial releases

FIRST ON FOX: Congressional Republicans introduced a bill requiring the 
Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose to Congress information on pre-
trial releases involving violent felony charges.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., introduced 
the Pretrial Release Reporting Act on Monday, leading the charge for 
congressional oversight of law enforcement releases involving people 
charged with violent crimes.

The bill would require the DOJ to report to Congress information on 
suspects of violent felonies released pre-trial on bail by state courts 
and how the courts themselves weigh release conditions for people charged 
with the crimes.

"The current Democrat polices of catch and release of violent offenders 
within our criminal justice system has resulted in untold tragedies 
throughout America," Johnson told Fox News Digital in a Monday email. "In 
Wisconsin, six innocent people lost their lives and 62 others were injured 
during the Waukesha Christmas Parade because a violent criminal was 
released on low bail."

"This horrific tragedy never should have happened, but was the direct 
result of the low bail, no bail policies implemented by soft on crime 
district attorneys and pushed by the Biden administration," Johnson 
continued. "The Pretrial Release Reporting Act will bring transparency the 
American public deserve and make everyone aware of how frequent violent 
offenders are released into their communities after posting meager bail, 
or none at all."

"The American public has the right to know how these low bail policies 
resulting from Democrat governance are endangering their communities," he 
continued.

Fitzgerald also pointed to the Waukesha massacre as one of many reasons 
for the bill in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying that Darrell 
Brooks – who has been charged in the massacre – should not have been 
released on his initial bail of $1,000.

"The community of Waukesha was rocked to its core last winter when Darrell 
Brooks violently took the lives of six community members and injured 
dozens more," Fitzgerald said in an email to Fox News Digital. "This 
incident could have been avoided and it exposed a severe shortcoming in 
the prosecutorial approach to bail and pre-trial release in Milwaukee 
County."

"Brooks should never have been released on such a trivial bail amount, and 
although we cannot turn back the clock, we must hold local leaders 
accountable moving forward," he continued. "The Pretrial Release Report 
Act will do exactly that by requiring the DOJ to critically analyze how 
weak bail policies impact our communities."

Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and John Thune, R-S.D., were original co-sponsors 
of the bill in the Senate.

The House also saw several high-profile GOP lawmakers sign onto the bill, 
including Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Bryan Steil of 
Wisconsin, and Ken Buck of Colorado.

https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-introduce-bill-requiring-doj-
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