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By Nik Rajkovic
May 21, 2021
Texas bail reform appears headed for a closed-door showdown after Houston Sen. Joan Huffman “gutted” the House version and replaced it with her own SB 21.
Huffman and others want to ensure local judges are not handing out get out of jail free cards by banning personal bonds and the release of anyone with a conviction on their record.
“The whole purpose of cash bail is to be in court and to behave when you re out on bond. We know that over 106 people have been murdered by people released on what I call free bonds, but they re taxpayer funded bonds,” says Houston City Councilman Michael Kubosh, a bail bondsman by trade.