Kathy Hochul: “Dismissals in our state, statewide, have jumped from about…”

“And guess what happens? A a violent criminal can walk free. And for these reasons, Dismissals in our state, statewide, have jumped from about 10,000 dismissals in 2019 to almost 50,000 in 2024. The only difference, the change in the laws. Think about all those people. Every one of them has a victim. Someone who walks out of court and says, what happened?” (03:39–03:49)

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