After struggling to gain enough bipartisan support to tighten the state’s bail laws, Texas Republicans appear closer than ever to achieving their goal of amending the state Constitution to keep more defendants behind bars pretrial.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/05/07/520731/in-bail-talks-lawmakers-close-in-on-texas-gop-goal-of-keeping-defendants-in-jail/

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Parnell Bland, the man charged in connection with the shootout in downtown Houston this week that injured a deputy, had his bond set at $6 million. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/04/24/519676/bond-set-at-6-million-for-man-accused-in-houston-deputy-shooting/

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A Houston-area teenager accused of shooting two of his friends in the head on Dec. 23, killing one of them, was released from jail on a $1 million bond.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/01/04/473554/friendswood-teenager-accused-of-murdering-friend-out-of-jail-on-1-million-bond/

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