While Harris County prosecutors already are using a new legislative tool to deny defendants' bail, some experts say it could ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A new report examining the impact of recent changes to bail practices in Harris County found that releasing more misdemeanor defendants from jail without requiring cash bail did not ...

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 ...

A federal judge has granted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton a key win, allowing him to intervene in a lawsuit that produced the 2019 Harris County misdemeanor bail reform consent decree. "The ...

Sterling High School student Aundre Matthews, charged with the murder of classmate Andrew Meismer, was denied bail under a new state constitutional amendment known as Proposition 3, which allows ...

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 ...