November 2019: Kim Ogg fails to halt Harris County’s Historic and much-needed misdemeanor bail-reform settlement.

In August, Ogg filed last-minute objections to a proposed settlement in a federal lawsuit that was set to bring about a historic reduction in the use of cash bail for misdemeanors in Harris County.

The court forcefully rejected her arguments.

So she tried another tactic.

Supporters of the reforms provided powerful testimony . . .

. . . but Ogg didn’t testify, opting instead only to submit a written statement to the judge and then talk to reporters in the courthouse hallway.

Even the Harris County Democratic Party rebuked Ogg by publicly supporting the bail-reform deal.

Fortunately, despite Ogg’s obstruction, the court approved the settlement that so many people in Harris County had worked so hard to achieve.