Promise not to kill anyone? After losing election, TX judge wholesale releases juvenile defendants

[brooklynite]

Source: Houston Chronicle

After losing his bench in a Democratic sweep the night before, 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.

"We oppose the wholesale release of violent offenders at any age," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement afterward. "This could endanger the public." In total, at least seven kids were released, officials said, including four facing aggravated robbery charges.

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

[RhodeIslandOne]

1. This is why immature jackasses should never be elected in the first place.

[Perseus]

5. The problem is that most voters are immature jackasses

And that is why these crazy people get elected...How do you figure that 44% of Arizona thinks trump is doing a good job?

[defacto7]

12. We have a judge with the same demeanor and temperament

on the Supreme Court of the United States.

[Wintryjade]

2. Or just an narcissist ass that thinks only he can dole out justice.

[HopeAgain]

3. Harris County Judicial System

Is such a joke. They have locked up so many people that they literally have to ship defendents off, pre-trial, to a private jail in Lousiana, six hours away. Not surprised to see such an idiot was on the bench there.

[Archae]

4. The Freepers are cheeirng this guy's tantrum.

"I wasn't supposed to lose! Wahhhh!"

But someone posted this to the Freepers, and they are cheering this "judge" on.

"This'll own dem lib'ruls, hyuck!"

[ffr]

6. #1 reason to never elect another spiteful vindictive Republican ever for any office

They are spiteful vindictive little children. You cannot trust a republican.

The long-time Republican jurist is one of two judges whose track record of favoring incarceration contributed heavily to doubling the number of kids Harris County sent to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in recent years, even as those figures fell in the rest of the state.

[Kablooie]

7. You ain't seen nothin' yet!

Wait till Trump really gets his vindictiveness on.
It's going to be a scary, dangerous roller coaster we'll all be riding and there's nothing we can do about it.

[Hotler]

9. He almost lost it today at the presser.

I thought for a moment he was going to walk around the podium and take the mic away for the reporter.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. As a sidenote to this, these were the ladies who were part of the Democratic judicial "sweep"

I had seen their picture posted on DU before with the story behind them running for various judicial seats in Harris County and guess what? They all won!

https://www.wbls.com/news/news-0/wow-19-black-female-judges-elected-harris-county
https://newsone.com/3835724/judicial-seats-black-women-texas/

[Ilsa]

10. Future senators, SC justices, and maybe a president or 2 in that group. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Yup.

A whole lot of women advanced around the country yesterday, up and down the ballot!

[jmowreader]

13. Charge him as an accessory in the next crime each one of those kids commits

[McCamy Taylor]

14. Maybe it is his last chance to take bribes

[JonLP24]

15. He probably overdid it

But I don't have a problem with this and based on looking further they did have a problem locking too many juveniles. I hope the juveniles can move on with their lives and make better choices. Most do once they grow into their 20s.

[OnlinePoker]

16. As a Canadian, the idea of electing a judge (sheriff, DA, etc) is a completely foreign concept. n/t

[JudyM]

17. He should be immediately disbarred.