Exclusive | Bail-hating NYC judge has knack for cutting accused criminals loose even in attempted-slay cases: damning Post review

She’s got a soft spot for suspects headed for hard time, critics charge.Lefty Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Janice Robinson has repeatedly cut accused criminals loose with no or minimal bail, including in attempted-murder cases — refusing to side with prosecutors’ recommendations in those instances even once, a damning review by The Post has found.Since recently moving over from the civil bench, Robinson, the niece of a longtime Democrat state lawmaker, has consistently gone easy on many defendants, according to an examination of more than a dozen of her criminal cases.Of those 13 cases, eight accused criminals walked out of court with no bail — including two charged with attempted murder, among them a minor who already had a pending attempted-murder rap against him.The other five defendants had bail set — but it was well below what the DA’s office requested, records show.“She’s never set bail over $10,000, and that was on an attempted murder, which means you walk for a lousy 10% — a $1,000 — partially secured bond backed by nothing,” a frustrated law-enforcement source told The Post.It is outrageous to refuse “to set meaningful bail on defendants with this many open cases — shooters, blatant recidivists who have shown they will shoot, steal and do violence no matter how many bites at the apple they get,” the source said.The state Office of Court Administration, which speaks for judges in the state, did not respond to several Post requests for comment on Robinson’s behalf.Nearly all of the defendants set free by Robinson in the reviewed cases have return dates to court later in the year, so it is not yet known if any will take advantage of their cushy situations and blow off their mandated appearances.But very few would likely be on the streets if prosecutors had gotten the bail conditions they asked for.Robinson, the Brooklyn-born daughter of Jamaican immigrants, was elected to the bench in 2024 and took a seat in the borough’s civi...