Eager to resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit, Texas' most populous county over the past two years has stopped requiring most people accused of low-level crimes from putting up cash to get out of ...

(The Center Square) – A second judge in Harris County has denied bail in another murder case after a new bail reform law went into effect this year. Judge Emily Muñoz Detoto of the 177th Criminal ...

Harris County's Criminal Courts at Law handle all Class A and Class B misdemeanor criminal cases, ranging from DWI to theft. Since 2019, the courts have been under a federally supervised consent ...

Harris County's controversial cash bail system will face new scrutiny Tuesday before a federal appeals court as judges consider whether it violates the constitutional rights of defendants who can't ...

Regarding “Paxton's attack on Harris County bail reform is for Trump — not for us,” (Sept. 3): I support virtually all of what Lisa Falkenberg says about Ken Paxton and his war on the ODonnell Consent ...

Some folks would support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton no matter what. No matter that the Texas House impeached him for abusing his office to help a wealthy donor. No matter that he illegally ...