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Manhattan DA Will Not Prosecute Certain Violent Crimes
In his “Day One” memo to prosecutors, the new District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said that he will not prosecute certain crimes.
Some are mild crimes, like marijuana misdemeanors, and resisting arrest as a stand alone offense. (After all, if resisting arrest is your only crime, what were you being arrested for in the first place?)
But he also said he will not prosecute more serious offenses, like criminal trespassing. More importantly, he will downgrade certain violent crimes to misdemeanors.
For example, he will prosecute armed robbery under shoplifting statutes if a criminal, who by the way is brandishing a weapon, “does not create a genuine risk of physical harm.”
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