Harris County’s Vile Plea Mill
The Need to Remedy the Long-Term Wrong of Harris County’s Vile Plea Mill
For many years, Harris County courts systematically denied pr bonds. As a result, indigent misdemeanor defendants were given the Hobson’s Choice of pleading not guilty and remaining
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The Injustice That Must Be Righted

For years in Harris County, Texas, indigent defendants were systematically denied personal recognizance bonds.

As they were indigent, they could not afford to hire a bondsman. As they were systematically denied PR bonds, they remained in jail.

Ultimately, this led …