The psycho firebug who tried to kill Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro last weekend is a product of the Keystone State’s broken, perverted criminal-justice and mental-health systems — which look a lot like New York’s.
Cody Balmer, the arsonist arrested for throwing two lit Molotov cocktails into the Shapiros’ living room while the family slept, had a history of violence and serious mental illness that should have seen him either in jail or getting long-term, supervised treatment.
When he carried out his sick plot to burn the Shapiros alive, Balmer was out on bail for allegedly stomping on his 10-year-old son’s broken leg and attacking his estranged wife in 2023…