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23 Harris County judges sued over discriminatory bail practices

from The Houston Chronicle

23 Harris County judges sued over discriminatory bail practices The Houston Chronicle All 23 Harris County felony judges have been added as proposed defendants in the lawsuit alleging that the region’s felony bail practices are discriminatory and damaging to poor defendants. The amended filing came late Friday after a second judge on the court intervened in support of the 2019 civil rights lawsuit arguing that it’s unconstitutional to jail poor people before trial simply because they cannot afford bail. READ MORE

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