A Houston man on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges and admitted he recruited friends, family and strangers to sign falsified paperwork to help get criminal suspects out ...

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 ...

Harris County's Criminal Courts at Law handle all Class A and Class B misdemeanor criminal cases, ranging from DWI to theft. Since 2019, the courts have been under a federally supervised consent ...

An investigation into a Houston bail bondsman’s business practices started with an inquiry into how gang members were getting out of the Harris County Jail, a Houston Police Department sergeant said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year, Texas voters were told that voting for Proposition 3 would raise the standard for safety and fairness in pretrial justice. They were told it would bring clarity to when someone can be held ...