Harris County’s cashless bail policy for misdemeanors upheld
The ruling keeps most misdemeanor defendants eligible for release without cash bail after the judge said the challenge came too late.
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Federal judge strikes Texas AG’s effort to end Harris County’s misdemeanor bail reform decree
In a 40-page opinion Monday, United States District Judge Lee Rosenthal ruled that the attorney general's office exceeded the amount of time it has to make certain arguments in the case, therefore making its legal challenge to vacate the consent decree moot.
Harris County’s cashless bail policy for misdemeanors upheld
A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and four Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law judges to vacate a landmark settlement on misdemeanor bail reform in the county.
Harris County Bail Reform Upheld by Federal Judge
A federal judge has refused to tear up Harris County's misdemeanor bail reform system, keeping in place a policy that lets most people arrested on low-level charges walk free without posting cash. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal denied a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to vacate the settlement, meaning the county's no-cash-bail approach for misdemeanor defendants will continue for now. The ruling preserves the 2019 ODonnell c…
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