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.
. . . 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.