Taryn Merkl is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, who served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and as Chief of the Organized Crime & Gangs and Civil Rights Sections. Merkl serves as Senior Counsel of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration.
The current coronavirus crisis underscores our urgent need to look hard at our pretrial justice system. Eliminating money bail is a necessary first step.
