Not Violent Enough

Massachusetts DAs can no longer hold armed robbers before trial — the state's highest court ruled it's not violent enoughhttps://t.co/f890VC3OB2

— Mass Daily News (@MassDailyNews) April 10, 2026

… with $5,000. He got caught the same day with dye on his hands and stolen cash in his pocket. Open and shut.

But before his case was resolved, a legal question made it all the way to the state's highest court: could prosecutors hold him without bail as a danger to the public?

The Supreme Judicial Court said no. Armed robbery, the justices ruled on March 10, doesn't count as a violent enough crime to lock someone up before trial.

Read that again. Armed robbery. Not violent enough.