The proposal would have required any Harris County bonding company to collect 10% of a surety bond, present proof of that payment before a suspect bonds out.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas --"We'll try again next month," that's the promise from Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia after a key bond reform measure failed to pass on Wednesday by a confluence of events.
Castro's son, David, was killed during a road rage incident in 2021. The suspect was arrested and is currently out on bond. The elder Castro says the suspect was able to pay just 2% of his $35,000 bond to get out."My son's life was traded for $7,000," Castro said. "There's a lot of players in this system, and everyone has to do their part," said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who supported the change."We have an opportunity today to fix a part of the system."Hidalgo though, was just one vote. There are 11 members on the Harris County Bail Bond Board. To get the measure to pass, there needed to be a majority vote by members who were present at the meeting. On Wednesday, three members of the board were absent.
"There was not a 'No' vote, there was an abstention," Ogg explained on Thursday."I think any time we go to try and protect people, we got to have enforceable laws."
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