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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican judge conducts sham-hearings, releases violent offenders to piss off Liberals.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Promise-not-to-kill-anyone-After-losing-election-13371485.phpAfter losing his bench in a Democratic sweep, Harris County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Devlin released nearly all of the youthful defendants that appeared in front him on Wednesday morning, simply asking the kids whether they planned to kill anyone before letting them go.
"He was releasing everybody," said public defender Steven Halpert, who watched the string of surprising releases. "Apparently he was saying that's what the voters wanted."
In court, prosecutors voiced their concerns about the seemingly indiscriminate release of those accused of everything from low-level misdemeanors to violent crimes.
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In total, at least seven kids were released, prosecutors said, including four facing aggravated robbery charges.
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By law, youths who are waiting in local lock-ups before their cases are resolved are entitled to detention hearings every 10 working days to decide whether they need to stay behind bars or can safely be released under supervision.
It's not abnormal for Devlin to release juveniles facing serious charges, as long as they've behaved in detention and have adequate supervision in place on the outside, according to Halpert.
"He was releasing everybody," said public defender Steven Halpert, who watched the string of surprising releases. "Apparently he was saying that's what the voters wanted."
In court, prosecutors voiced their concerns about the seemingly indiscriminate release of those accused of everything from low-level misdemeanors to violent crimes.
...
In total, at least seven kids were released, prosecutors said, including four facing aggravated robbery charges.
...
By law, youths who are waiting in local lock-ups before their cases are resolved are entitled to detention hearings every 10 working days to decide whether they need to stay behind bars or can safely be released under supervision.
It's not abnormal for Devlin to release juveniles facing serious charges, as long as they've behaved in detention and have adequate supervision in place on the outside, according to Halpert.
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Republican judge conducts sham-hearings, releases violent offenders to piss off Liberals. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Nov 2018
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2naSalit
(86,612 posts)1. Sounds like a temper tantrum
from someone who shouldn't be a judge in the first place.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)2. Doesn't piss me off
Despite the judge I do hope the juveniles make that most out of this opportunity.
Mr. Quackers
(443 posts)3. And most defendants everywhere are poor people.
Mainly poor BLACK AND BROWN people who've never had a leg up or any hope of opportunity.
I say GOOD.
The bail system is racist as fuck and way too many people sit needlessly incarcerated.
Plus, Texas is a place where they seem to work overtime to jam you up with the legal system in the first place: it's a punishment state that has never lost its plantation mentality.