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Denying bail? Why a Texas Senate panel approved reform plan to keep some defendants in jail

Opponents of the bail reform package say the proposed changes are based on false pretenses and could unjustly keep innocent people in jail.

Click2Houston · 1d

Certain criminal suspects would be denied bail under changes OK'd by Texas Senate panel

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — while their criminal cases are pending.

Yahoo · 1d

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice hearing about bail reform in Texas, see photos

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice discuss bail reform during hearing at Texas Capitol. Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond.

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The Associated Press on MSN · 14h

Texas executes man for 2004 double killing in a dispute with his strip club manager

Texas has executed a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 14h

Texas executes inmate who killed two men in Killeen in 2004

In his final statement, Richard Tabler asked for forgiveness from his victims’ family members, some of whom reportedly witnessed his death.

Dallas Morning News · 1d

Texas set to execute man on Thursday for 2004 murders of 2 men

Richard Lee Tabler, 46, would be the second inmate executed in Texas in a little over a week, with two more scheduled by the end of April.

KERA News1d

Bail organizations, immigrants targeted as Texas lawmakers consider bail reform legislation

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

valleycentral1h

Texas bail reform bills advance out of committee

The Texas Legislature was back in session Tuesday, taking up one of the emergency items Governor Greg Abbott identified in his recent State of the State ...

Beaumont Enterprise on MSN17h

Criminal justice reform and addressing accountability with prosecutors

Wrongful conviction advocates discuss addressing accountability with prosecutors for criminal reform with the Texas death row ...

MyTexasDaily17h

Texas lawmakers consider bail reform to prevent release of violent offenders

The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice recently heard testimony on a proposed bill targeting bail system reform to prevent ...

FOX 7 Austin on MSN1d

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on House to pass bail reform package

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday called on the Texas House to pass a series of bills designed to reform the state's bail ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN7d

Every Woman Who Leaves This Texas Prison Program Comes Out With a Job

A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

MyTexasDaily17h

Montgomery County approves 64-bed jail expansion to meet growing demands

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office has announced the unanimous approval of a 64-bed jail expansion by the Texas ...

Denton Record-Chronicle13d

For UNT criminal justice students — and their classmates at a correctional facility — education is an equalizer

It’s not the most typical classroom, but University of North Texas criminal justice students said that sharing a class with ...

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