The Circuit Attorney, Kim Gardner, has announced that because of the corona virus she is taking steps to ease jail crowding.
Here she is applauding herself and her efforts.
Only the jail remains crowded.
The reason I call bullshit is because while many nonviolent offenders are being released it is not because of the handiwork of the reform prosecutors, including Ms. Gardner. Many nonviolent defendants have been typically released on bond, and today, because of bail reforms instituted by the Missouri Supreme Court, most of the remaining are released. In other words, the judges would release these people regardless of the CAO’s recommendation. Ms. Gardner really has nothing to do with it.
But, of course, it’s politically useful to take credit for other people’s work.