.GovRonDeSantis rejects 'woke' cash bail reform: 'An ideological agenda'
Republican Florida Gov.reiterated his opposition to eliminating cash bail in the state Thursday, saying the idea is not"sound judgment" and calling it part of"an ideological agenda."
"We also have, from the very beginning in the state of Florida, rejected the idea that you get rid of things like cash bail like they did in New York, and like they just recently did in Illinois," DeSantis said, before describing an instance in which a woman in New York wasin seven days after being released on each offense following the removal of cash bail in the state.
He went on to say that his administration would limit who is eligible for release prior to their first court appearance based on the crime, and that they would make sure judges were the"ultimate decision maker" when it came to an alleged criminal's detention, which he said would deter"different flavors of prosecutors" from approaching bail inconsistently.
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