NEW YORK— The finger-pointing started instantly after a homeless stalker with eight prior arrests allegedly attacked a Manhattan woman, stabbing her more than 40 times inside her apartment.
Christina Yuna Lee’s outraged neighbors, elected officials and even Mayor Eric Adams demanded to know why accused murderer Assamad Nash was left on the streets despite three pending Manhattan court cases. The critics blamed broken legal and mental health systems with facilitating the slaying of Lee inside her Chinatown home Feb. 13.
But a Daily News review of Nash’s record shows neither bail reform laws nor Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s progressive prosecution policies factored into his freedom at the time of the stabbing. The 25-year-old murder suspect’s experience in the system was anything but unusual, according to experts.
