“We’re protecting the rights of the accused in this bill as well, but we cannot, you know, forego the rights of the victims and the rights of the public to make sure that they can be safe in this state and that the police aren’t seeing the same perpetrators over and over again.”
In recent years, reforming guidelines for personal recognizance bail has been one of the most discussed topics in state politics and Aldermen from Manchester joined a group of eight New Hampshire mayors urging the legislature to remain focused on the issue.
Police on Monday announced the arrest of a city man in connection with a “brutal stabbing” outside a city convenience store and this immediate release on personal recognizance bail – which has elicited a call from Mayor Jay Ruais to end the “madness” of state bail policies.
Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday signed HB 318-FN-A into law, an act relative to magistrates, bail commissioners, the standards applicable to and the administration of bail, and making appropriations.