Tina Luongo Justine Olderman

Tina Luongo Justine Olderman

March 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Albany Must Reject Any 'Dangerousness'-Based Preventative Detention Scheme

As public defenders, we worry that extending preventative detention to accused New Yorkers based on perceptions of “dangerousness” would sanction further racial discrimination and bias. It could also mean an increase in the number of people in pretrial detention.

By Tina Luongo, Justine Olderman and Lisa Schreibersdorf

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