
Federal judge allows Texas AG to challenge Harris County bail reforms: ‘Unleashing criminals’
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wins court approval to intervene in lawsuit challenging Harris County's 2019 misdemeanor bail reform consent decree.
The O'Donnell Consent Decree stemmed from a 2016 class-action lawsuit arguing that Harris County’s prior bail practices were unconstitutional because they detained people charged with misdemeanors simply for being unable to afford cash bail.
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