«I strongly support the Mayor's move to focus the juvenile justice system more on prevention and
less on detention,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in a statement.
Despite a Criminal Code that endorses pre-trial
detention only where absolutely necessary for public safety, decades of «bail creep» have made it more or
less standard for police officers and crown attorneys to insist
on «show cause» hearings in all but the most trifling of cases.