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Bail reform lawsuit seeks to exclude 23 judges, saying AG Ken Paxton not acting in good faith
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Inmates inside the Harris County Jail on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
In a strategic move that could speed up their case against Harris County, the plaintiffs challenging felony bail practices are hoping to kick two dozen players out of the game 23 judges and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who represents most of them in the landmark suit.
These judges who dole out bail rulings on a daily basis to people accused of crime would become third parties. They would no longer go toe-to-toe with indigent defendants who sued in a civil rights case saying courts offer a vastly different outcomes to people arrested depending on how much money they have in their pocket.