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That same year, another suspect was cut loose without bail after assaulting a mother — only to return less than 24 hours later and execute her in front of her three children. The killer already had a conviction for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint.
New Yorkers also remember when two thugs who attacked an NYPD officer in 2023 were released without bail, and in 2024, illegal immigrants who bit and assaulted two more NYPD officers were also let loose. To make matters worse, a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member was released without bail after an attempted murder charge, only to be arrested again on drug trafficking charges — and then set free a second time.
The president’s executive order also documented cases from Washington, D.C. that highlight how badly the policy has failed in the nation’s capital. In 2025, just two days after being freed without bail for assaulting a police officer, one man was arrested for a fatal stabbing on a Metro train. In 2024, another offender was released after a daycare attack, then quickly rearrested for beating teachers in front of toddlers. And in 2023, a man awaiting trial for murder in D.C. was arrested again after firing bullets into homes in Maryland.
Despite this grim reality, Trump said his crackdown on crime in Washington is already paying off. Over the past 11 days, he announced, the city has seen “zero murders.” Police have arrested “a total of well over a thousand people,” seized “hundreds of guns away from young kids that were throwing them around like it was candy,” and apprehended “scores of illegal aliens.”
The President’s message was blunt: “Somebody murders somebody and they’re out on no-cash bail before the day is out,” he warned earlier this month. Calling the policy “a disaster,” Trump pointed directly to New York and Chicago as prime examples of failed leadership.
Progressives claim cashless bail is about fairness, but data tells a different story. A 2024 report from the Data Collaborative for Justice admitted the policy increased recidivism among some felony defendants, even while slightly lowering it for misdemeanor cases.
Even some Democrats have turned against bail reform. New York Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly blasted the state’s 2019 bail law, blaming it for surging repeat crimes. The issue has now become a central fight in the city’s upcoming mayoral race, where Adams faces off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani — who openly campaigns on eliminating bail altogether. Cuomo has warned that Mamdani’s radical plan would be “the death nail” for New York’s economy.
Trump isn’t stopping with Washington. He has also hinted at sending the National Guard into Chicago, calling the crime-plagued city “a mess.” Mayor Brandon Johnson tried to brush off the idea, claiming his city has cut murders by 30% and shootings by 40% over the last year. Trump didn’t hold back, firing back that Johnson is “grossly incompetent.”
For Trump, the issue is about common sense. “Every place in the country where you have no-cash bail is a disaster,” he said. “Bad politicians started it. Bad leadership started it. But that’s the one thing that’s central.”
