As the gavel came down last night in Austin and the Texas Legislature adjourned sine die, a historic attempt by Senator John Whitmire and Chief Justice Nathan Hecht to undo Texas’s bail system was soundly defeated as the clock finally ran out on the legislation. Senate Bill 1338 and companionRead More →
After nearly a year of litigation, a U.S. District Judge in Houston issued a partial injunction against the Harris County Criminal Court at Law Judges on Friday, April 28, 2017. While reading the 193 page order could take the average lawyer weeks to understand, the injunction order clearly was limitedRead More →
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH’S SOLICITOR GENERAL, PAUL D. CLEMENT, INFORMS A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT HARRIS COUNTY’S BAIL SYSTEM IS CONSTITUTIONAL February 23, 2017 Late last week, Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement filed an amicus brief in the pending case ODonnell v. Harris County, Texas, et. al, where a group of Plaintiffs’Read More →
Jeff Clayton speaks with Houston Matters producer Edel Howlin on NPR Houston about Harris County’s bail system after a recent hearing held in US District Count. The lawsuit alleges the bail system in Harris County is unconstitutional because it jails offenders for minor crimes because they are unable to pay their bailRead More →
THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL BAIL POLICY IS NOTHING NEW—THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO REFORM SOMETHING SINCE IT CHOOSES TO DO NOTHING TO REFORM THE BROKEN FEDERAL BAIL SYSTEM News media outlets around the Country are reporting on the recent filing of an amicus brief by U.S. Justice Department officials,Read More →
Jeff Clayton interviews with KTSA-AM in San Antonio Texas regarding O’Donnell v. Harris County.Read More →
South Carolina Chief Public Defender E. Fielding Pringle Argues that the Pretrial Program in Richland County, South Carolina is Unconstitutional If you follow what is the current bail reform debate, arguments in favor of using supervision by government or private programs using electronic monitoring instead of the accountability that aRead More →
Jeff Clayton interviews with “The Casey Hendrickson Show,” on 95.3 MNC, South Bend to discuss the issues Indiana is currently facing with the states discount bail program.Read More →
Jeff Clayton was interviewed by Tim Bryant, host of “Georgia’s Morning News,” the station’s morning drive time program regarding the Walker v. Calhoun, GA case. Read More →
ABC’s Jeff Clayton discusses the lack of commercial bail in Oregon and related issues on KMED-AM. Read More →
