House and Senate committees advance GOP bail legislation
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Bail reform moving to Senate
AUSTIN – A stricter felony bail system in the State of Texas is a step closer to reality following the third day of the Special Session in Austin.
House and Senate bills designed to make the bail system stricter made it out of committee hearings and are now set to go to the floors of both chambers in the coming days.
Following unanimous approval in the Senate, applause and cheers erupted.
Theresa Seck was one of those relishing in the bill’s progress, but the celebration was bittersweet.
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Breaking Bond: Two families blame same judge for the recent slayings of their loved ones
Two families blame same judge for the recent slayings of their loved ones
FOX 26 s Randy Wallace continues the Breaking Bond series and tells us why two families blame the same judge for the recent slayings of their loved ones.
HOUSTON - His life mattered to us. He had his whole life ahead of him. This could have been avoided, but it was not, said a relative of 17-year-old Raul Zarco.
There’s no doubt the teen would be alive today if 262nd Criminal District Court Judge Lori Chambers Gray would have done what the DA’s office asked her to do.