Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno recently signed a bail and judicial reform petition. The change.org initiative was launched response to the murder of Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon. Gannon was allegedly shot by a suspect who had more than 100 prior convictions, pending criminal charges, and was on probation.
Sarno is a vocal critic of judges who he sees as lenient on defendants and has condemned low bail amounts for drug and violent offenders. The mayor joins host Carolee McGrath to discuss his support of the petition and his proposed bail reform legislation, which aims to put the Commonwealth on equal footing with defendants as it relates to the ability of appealing bail set in District Court.
