Witness Scheduled To Testify Against Alleged MS-13 Members Found Murdered. NY Officials Question Whether New Bail Reforms Laws Were Involved.

After a man who was scheduled to testify against alleged members of the violent MS-13 gang was found bludgeoned to death in New York, Nassau County officials, including the police commissioner and the district attorney, questioned whether new bail reform laws that permitted his name to be revealed by defense attorneys to defendants had led to his death.

The New York Times wrote of the victim, Wilmer Maldonado Rodriguez, 36, “On Sunday, Mr. Rodriguez was found beaten to death outside a home in New Cassel, N.Y., and on Wednesday, his killing became a new flash point in the debate over criminal justice changes enacted by the New York State Legislature in 2019 at the urging of progressive lawmakers.”