Convicted killers Carlo "Cano" Franco and Jeffery "Zay" Mackenzie were arrested for drug dealing in Greenwich Village and released without bail due to New York's 2019 bail reform laws. Prosecutors did not attempt to keep them incarcerated, despite their dangerous pasts. Franco, who murdered a shop owner in 2003, has been arrested 15 times since 1992. Mackenzie's recent drug offenses were dismissed by his lawyer as minor. Both cases exemplify the repercussions of soft-on-crime policies in New York.
One day my wife left, leaving me with my kid. I went crazy, I don't know what happened. I took the wrong side for a little while.
I felt completely empty, like someone ripped everything out from inside of me. I wanted to be exactly where he was.
Prosecutors didn't even bother to seek keeping either man locked up because of the state's 2019 bail reform laws.
Franco served 13 years of a 17-year sentence for manslaughter, and was released in 2022. His parole ended last year.
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