Harris County judges are prepared to fight 's sweeping executive order suspending much of state bail law. That's bc they just settled a huge civil rights lawsuit that declared wealth-based detention for low-level charges unconstitutional texasobserver.org/families-of-si
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NEW: Harris County misdemeanor judges won't comply w/ @GovAbbott’s order to restrict the release of people in jail without paying bail.
They've been down that road in federal court, and they're following the judge's order for no-cash release.
texastribune.org/2020/03/31/jai #txlege
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