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Greg Abbott: “A district attorney has 90 days within which to bring an…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Interview: Gov. Abbott wants to create a Texas prosecutor to aid & overrule local district attorneys

Published | Video Starts at 03:04

So we've worked with district attorneys across the state to try to craft that appropriately. And this is the formula that we've come up with as we talked A district attorney has 90 days within which to bring an indictment for somebody who's been arrested and jailed. And if they don't bring it within 90 days, the person arrested is going to be released from jail. (03:04–03:11)

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Asserts that district attorneys have 90 days to indict arrested individuals.

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