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Harris County Judges May Face a Reckoning Over Bail On Election Day

Harris County Judges May Face a Reckoning Over Bail On Election Day. Republican misdemeanor judges in Houston have clung to an unconstitutional bail system. read more

Democratic election gains may spark Harris County bail lawsuit settlement

The Democratic sweep of Harris County leadership posts in the midterm election could prompt a settlement in the protracted legal dispute over how judges handle bail for poor people arrested for ... read more

Sheriff-Elect Backs Inmates in Class Action Bail Fight

Harris County, which runs Texas’s biggest jail, must face a class action accusing it of running a “wealth-based detention system,” jailing misdemeanor defendants who can’t afford bail, a federal judge ... read more

Bail bonds in Harris County: What to know with lawsuit ruling coming

A judge may make a decision soon on a four-year federal court lawsuit that accuses Harris County of unfair bail practices that unjustly imprison lower-income inmates. U.S. District Judge Lee H ... read more

Kim Ogg Blames Rising Crime on Houston Judges. 14 of Her Prosecutors ...

Harris County has long been ground zero for the national debate over bail reform. In 2016 the legal advocacy group Civil Rights Corps sued the county on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, a 22-year ... read more

Judge orders redo of Harris County judicial election - Houston Chronicle

A visiting judge from Bexar County on Wednesday ordered a new election in Harris County’s November 2022 180th District Court judicial race that Republican candidate Tami Pierce lost by just 449 ... read more

Harris County politics: Judge orders new election necessary for 180th ...

"The court renders judgment that a new election shall be held for the office of Judge of the 180th District Court of Harris County." Additionally, Peeples ruled that Jones is responsible for ... read more