Accused NYC killer sues after judge puts him in jail
A Manhattan judge didn’t clearly explain why she kept an accused murderer behind bars, so his lawyer has gone to court to get him freed under New York’s bail reform laws — a move one critic labeled as “lunacy.”
Judge Ann Scherzer listened as prosecutors described the allegations against Spry — who they said put a stolen license plate on his girlfriend’s car and drove from Queens to Manhattan’s Washington Houses— and to his attorney, Michelle Villasenor-Grant, who pushed for his release. The judge made her decision without determining if Spry was a “flight risk,” without considering “less restrictive alternatives” such as electronic monitoring, and “without explaining her decision,” according to Villasenor-Grant in a Manhattan Supreme Court petition seeking her client’s release.
“It’s crazy,” said former NYPD Detective Joseph Giacalone. “It just goes to show you how much the defense attorneys are gaming the system on this. … It’s just ridiculous the state of affairs that we’re in now.”
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