Texas Legislature bills fall short of real bail reform
Houston Chronicle
Fields, M.
05/19/2021
2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Bail; Huffman, Joan; Low-income persons; Murr, Andrew
Abbott’s bail order during this pandemic is purely political
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
04/02/2020
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bail; Bexar County District Attorney; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Gonzales, Joe D.; Inmate health; Violent offenders
Officials voice concerns at bail plan hearing
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
10/29/2019
5 doc(s)
Bail; Gonzalez, Ed; Harris County; Legal settlements; Low-income persons; Misdemeanors; Ogg, Kim; Rosenthal, Lee H.
Abbott, bill hinder real bail reform
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
04/02/2019
3 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bail; Kacal, Kyle; Nonviolent offenders
Real bail reform
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
03/24/2019
5 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bail; Kacal, Kyle; Murr, Andrew; Peace officers; Whitmire, John
A fix for Bexar’s broken bail bond system
San Antonio Express News
Wolff, N.
03/18/2019
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Bail; Misdemeanors; Murr, Andrew; Nonviolent offenders; Whitmire, John; Wolff, Nelson
County judges duck and cover on bail reform
San Antonio Express News
Brodesky, J.
03/17/2019
1 doc(s)
Bail; Bexar County; Judges; Texas Organizing Project
No new contracts for embattled judges
Houston Chronicle
Blakinger, K.
03/12/2019
5 doc(s)
Bail; Harris County; Judicial ethics; Magistrates; Whitmire, John
Bail stats
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
02/26/2019
5 doc(s)
Bail; Crime statistics; Nonviolent offenders
Bail reform nothing to fear
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
02/24/2019
4 TX bill(s) 6 doc(s)
Bail; Criminal justice; Nonviolent offenders; Whitmire, John
State should reform cash-bail system
Beaumont Enterprise
Editorial
02/18/2019
3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Bail; Hecht, Nathan L.; Nonviolent offenders; Whitmire, John
Why reforming Texas bail reform makes us safer
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
02/14/2019
5 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Bail; Murr, Andrew; Whitmire, John
Judges say bail change is state decision
San Antonio Express News
McGuinness, D.
02/06/2019
4 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Alternatives to incarceration; Bail; Misdemeanors; Whitmire, John
Bipartisan bills filed to overhaul bail as Dallas County continues to remake its system
Dallas Morning News
McGaughy, L.
02/05/2019
5 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Bail; Criminal justice; Murr, Andrew; Whitmire, John
Judges unveil bail reform
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
01/18/2019
2 doc(s)
Bail; County judges; Harris County; Misdemeanors; Nonviolent offenders; Rosenthal, Lee H.
Judges drop appeal of bail lawsuit
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
01/08/2019
4 doc(s)
Bail; Ellis, Rodney; Harris County; Judicial elections; Low-income persons
DWI fees likened to a debtors prison
San Antonio Express News
Barned-Smith, S.
12/06/2018
3 doc(s)
Driver licenses; Driver Responsibility Program; Driving while intoxicated; Low-income persons; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Traffic violations; Whitmire, John
Lawsuit may get opening to settle
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
11/14/2018
3 doc(s)
Bail; Harris County; Judicial elections
Gonzales can bring reform to the system
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
11/09/2018
2 doc(s)
Alternatives to incarceration; Bail; Bexar County District Attorney; Gonzales, Joe D.; LaHood, Nicholas; Nonviolent offenders
Harris County mulls deal to outsource inmates to Fort Bend County Jail
Houston Chronicle
Despart, Z.
09/10/2018
1 doc(s)
County jails; Harris County Jail; Prison population; Privately-operated prisons
Harris County judges seek to stop federal order in historic bail lawsuit
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
08/09/2018
1 doc(s)
Bail; County judges; Harris County
Abbott: Base bail on ‘threat posed’
Dallas Morning News
McGaughy, L.
08/08/2018
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Anderson, Charles 'Doc'; Bail; Hecht, Nathan L.; Kacal, Kyle; Peace officers
Uneven access to defense
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
07/22/2018
2 doc(s)
Bail; Bexar County; Indigent criminal defense; Public defenders
Court: County’s bail plan can move forward
Houston Chronicle
Banks, G.
06/02/2018
2 doc(s)
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S.; Bail; Harris County; Indigent criminal defense
