Harris County is in the spotlight as Texas lawmakers seek overhaul of bail laws
. “But to make sure that we achieve what we needed to achieve, we also needed to amend the Texas Constitution.”no-cost personal bonds to defendants charged with violating family violence protective orders and unlawfully possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. The bill already prohibits the use of personal bonds for some 20 violent and sexual crimes.
State Rep. Ann Johnson, D-Houston, said she is “open” to a bail-related constitutional amendment, but only if Republicans also commit to changes aimed at tackling Harris County’s“I think what we have to be mindful of is not overdoing it. We're talking about changing the foundation of our constitutional requirements,” said Johnson, the former chief human trafficking prosecutor in Harris County. “If I thought that would make you safer, I'm open to those things.
“This is to be used for the most heinous examples and the worst abuses that we see of the bail system,” Huffman said when laying out
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