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accountability for commit- ting them. It demoralizes our hardworking, under- staffed police force whose members risk their lives to enforce the law.
of Hawai‘i inmates were released under a state Su- premeCourtordertomiti- gate COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities. The Criminal Justice Research Institute followed 108 of these inmates released, and found that 58.3% reoffend- ed. Of these, 17% were charged with a felony and 3% committed a violent crime. For good reason, the program ended in late 2020.
givethepooranIOU(prom- issory note), and if they showupforcourt,itwillbe canceled. If they don’t show up, they are obliged to pay the note. Those crying foul for the poor are being mis- guided and not admitting that such a financing mech- anism exists for the poor and indigent. This solution has been a well-kept secret, and it’s time for the propo- nents of HB1567 to fess up that this “get out of jail free” bill is an excuse to be soft on crime.
Contact state Rep. Gene Ward (District 17 — Hawai‘i Kai, Port- lock and Kalama Valley) at 808-586-6420 or rep- ward@capitol.hawaii.gov.
Nonviolent crimes are spiking across Honolulu and will undoubtedly wors- en if this bill is signed into law. Just in the week of May 16-22, there were 768 ar- rests recorded by Honolulu Police Department, with the most prevalent crime being larceny, constituting over one-third of all arrests. This was followed by vandalism and vehicle break-ins.
Rather than jumping the gun on passing lenient crim- inal justice policy, the gover- nor is strongly urged to veto this bill and consider the im- pactsofexistingbailreform measuresthathavehardly beenused.Forexample,Act 277from2019.Statedsim- ply, the state of Hawai‘i will
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