The Numbers Are In: Legislative Crack-Down on the End Cash Bail Movement in Houston is Reducing Pretrial Crime by Repeat Offenders As crime spiked in Houston, due to bail reform, according to District Attorney Kim Ogg, the once darling of George Soros, Ogg called a friend of hers: Senator JoanRead More →
Bail Reform in Houston: A Half-Decade of Bail Reform Malfeasance Comes to Full Fruition Noted English poet Robert Southey wrote in Curse of Kehama that, “Curses are like young chickens; they always come home to roost.” The curse of Harris County bail reform, first supported by the District Attorney, whoRead More →
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirms No Right to Affordable Bail The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, issued an opinion on December 28, 2020, in the case of Daves v. Dallas County, Texas. In that case, a federalRead More →
Tarrant County Judge Tells Officials “There is No Evidence” Arnold Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool is Biased—When A New Academic Study Just Found That It Is In the pursuit of something that is not “bail reform,” Tarrant County officials have decided to adopt the Arnold Foundation Public Safety Assessment, a pretrialRead More →
Texas Governor Says No to Get out of Jail Free Policies Due to COVID-19; Texas Supreme Court and a Federal Judge Agree Bail reform activist groups are not being shy about using the recent pandemic to advance their cause. Even in jails where the rate of infection within the entireRead More →
Texas Governor and Attorney General Go On Offense to Stop Calculated Effort to Let All Felons Out Of Jail in Harris County Amid COVID-19 Threat Bail reform activists from coast-to-coast are not trying to help communities fight the virus – they are instead using the existence of the virus toRead More →
Austin City Council PR Bond Policy Scrutinized For Release of Suspect in Freebirds Stabbing, Firing of Judges In 2017, the Austin City Council passed a directive to the municipal court to prioritize “personal recognizance” bonds for “indigent” defendants. Some judges who raised concerns about the propriety of the directive wereRead More →
Houston police chief calls on courts to ‘stop pussyfooting’ after second officer-involved shooting (excerpt from Fox 26 9/16/19) HOUSTON (FOX 26) – Houston’s police chief called on Harris County criminal courts to “stop pussyfooting” after another officer involved shooting Monday morning left a suspect dead. Chief art Acevedo voiced his frustrationRead More →
New Harris County Misdemeanor Court Guidelines Under Fire After Murder of Pregnant Wife Harris county officials are still giddy over new bail guidelines even after it was revealed that accused murderer Alex Guajardo was first released for free under new bail rules after assaulting his wife only to then tragicallyRead More →
Local group says public safety is at risk if bail system isn’t fixed (excerpt from KHOU 11 Aug 6 2019) After a pregnant woman was recently stabbed to death by her husband who was out on bond, a local group says the bail system needs to be fixed. HOUSTON —Read More →
