Republican judge conducts sham-hearings, releases violent offenders to piss off Liberals.

[DetlefK]

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Promise-not-to-kill-anyone-After-losing-election-13371485.php

After 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.

[2naSalit]

1. Sounds like a temper tantrum

from someone who shouldn't be a judge in the first place.

[JonLP24]

2. Doesn't piss me off

Despite the judge I do hope the juveniles make that most out of this opportunity.

[Mr. Quackers]

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.