Every year, there are about one million bookings into Texas jails. Texas counties face significant expenses associated with pretrial detainees, who account for 60% of county jail inmates. Additionally, for any offense that carries the potential of jail time, such as possession of the smallest amounts of marijuana, counties are constitutionally required to bear the cost of providing counsel for indigent defendants.
Trump Mar-a-Lago case and felony warrant are Exhibit A in political weaponization of our justice system
President Trump has been and will continue to be a target of political persecution. If history tells us anything, it will continue to trail him indefinitely. It would certainly shock any American to hear that “use of deadly force” was authorized against you and your family, just as it did Tuesday for former President Donald Trump. As...