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Friday, April 29, 2022

At least 171 Harris Co. residents have died needlessly due to courthouse revolving door

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Prior to 2019, most criminal district court judges would revoke a defendant's bond if they got charged with another felony crime. But now we have judges who continuously grant bonds to the same defendants repeatedly.

"In the 34 years I've been doing this, I have never seen a period of time that this many people were committing this many crimes while out on bond," said FOX26 Senior Legal Analyst Chris Tritico. "It's an odd time for us and that's why people are scared and that's why people are angry."