Comments on: Harris County Jail Population http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2007/10/harris-county-jail-population.html the art and science of criminal defense trial lawyering Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mark Bennett http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2007/10/harris-county-jail-population.html/comment-page-1#comment-503 Mark Bennett Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:41:00 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/?p=330#comment-503 Leviathan,<br/><br/>You're on the mark so far. Please go on. Leviathan,

You’re on the mark so far. Please go on.

]]> By: Leviathan http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2007/10/harris-county-jail-population.html/comment-page-1#comment-501 Leviathan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:31:00 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/?p=330#comment-501 Let's see . . . what can one make of this?<br/><br/>Some of the pretrial detainees can't afford to hire a bondsman?<br/><br/>The felony pretrial detainees can't afford to hire a bondsman and are only rarely granted personal bonds?<br/><br/>Setting a bond amount just beyond reach, which may encourage (some say coerce) detainees to plead, is a really nifty way to keep the courts' dockets moving?<br/><br/>Defense attorneys aren't aggressively enough pursuing bond reductions or personal bond release with conditions?<br/><br/>Shall I go on? Let’s see . . . what can one make of this?

Some of the pretrial detainees can’t afford to hire a bondsman?

The felony pretrial detainees can’t afford to hire a bondsman and are only rarely granted personal bonds?

Setting a bond amount just beyond reach, which may encourage (some say coerce) detainees to plead, is a really nifty way to keep the courts’ dockets moving?

Defense attorneys aren’t aggressively enough pursuing bond reductions or personal bond release with conditions?

Shall I go on?

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