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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 · 2d

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.

Texas Standard · 4d

Texas Senate takes up bail reform after Gov. Abbott names it an emergency item

Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform as one of his emergency items for the 89th legislative session. During his State of the State address, Abbott called for stricter laws around bail.

KERA News2d

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 ...

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Criminal justice reform and addressing accountability with prosecutors

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

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Harris County under scrutiny as Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick pushes House to pass bail bond legislation

Patrick and State Sen. Joan Huffman say the Senate has passed bail reform bills with bipartisan support numerous times, but ...

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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 ...

MyTexasDaily1d

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 ...

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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.

Ken Paxton's megadonors helped put a top Texas judge in office. Now he wants to reform the system.

Judge David Schenck calls out lax Texas laws that undermine public confidence in the courts, despite winning with support from deep-pocketed special interests.

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 ...

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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