Showing posts with label bail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bail. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Throwing in the towel (finally)

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Now it's over. Yesterday the lawsuit filed by the former Republican misdemeanor judges was dismissed on a motion filed by the 15 inc...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The aftermath

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The blue wave hit Harris County (and even our suburban neighbors to the southwest) yesterday. The Democrats swept every county-wide seat, ...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

A senseless death in the Harris County Jail

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Debora Ann Lyons is the second inmate in the Harris County Jail to commit suicide in the last month . Ms. Lyons, who was taken into custody ...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Fighting for injustice

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Once again the Republican misdemeanor judges in Harris County have their panties in a wad . And, once again, it has to do with a federal jud...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Losing leverage

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The purpose of bail is to ensure that the accused appears in court to answer the charge against him and to ensure the safety of the communit...
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Monday, January 29, 2018

Doing the right thing

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Well here's an interesting twist in Harris County's fight against bail reform - Michael Fields, the presiding judge in County Crimi...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Two years awaiting trial; so much for the presumption of innocence

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One way to quell dissent is to lock up the dissenters so that no one can listen to them.You can do this by overcharging on a criminal compla...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Is it time to bail on the bond system?

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In Maryland whenever someone was arrested they would be brought before a judge who would determine if the defendant should be granted bail, ...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Harris County trails only LA and NYC for largest daily jail population

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A quarter of the Harris County budget goes to fund law enforcement, with over $750,000 spent every day on inmates at the Harris County Jail,...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Ex-judge named Harris County jail czarina

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Interesting news that ex-State District Judge Caprice Cosper has been named to head a commission to figure out what to do about the overcrow...
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Harris County Jail draws ire of the feds

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So it's not enough that the Harris County Jail has failed four of the last six inspections conducted by the Texas State Commission on Ja...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Harris County Sheriff wants a new jail

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Newly elected Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia's solution for the failing grades the Harris County Jail has received is to build a n...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Wearing two hats

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I must preface my remarks by saying that I know plenty of good attorneys that also write bonds - it's common practice for attorneys who ...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Crowded house

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Harris County officials seem to have finally seen the writing on the wall regarding jail overcrowding . With the inmate population of the Ha...
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