A proposal to overhaul the Texas Constitution to allow judges to deny bail for people...
Sharon Steinmann/Houston ChronicleWhen Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht uttered those wordsof the state House and Senate, he was illustrating a two-pronged problem with the state’s bail system: we jail too many people simply because they can’t afford their freedom, and we don’t keep enough people in jail who threaten our safety.
Tragedies like this, combined with a national surge in crime since the COVID-19 pandemic, and a flurry of local headlines highlighting a spate of violent, repeat offenders back out on the streets after making bail, have furnished a narrative among tough-on-crime commentators and politicians that judges in Texas currently wield too much discretion over bond decisions. In fact, the opposite is true.
If voters approve the amendment, the pre-trial system would look something like this: within 72 hours of a qualifying criminal case being filed, prosecutors seeking to deny bail Previous versions of this proposed amendment failed to clear the House two years ago, when the Legislature last met, and it’s yet unclear whether the proposal’s language has been altered enough to win the requisite support of House Democrats.
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