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Greg Abbott: “A person arrested for murder was allowed to get out of jail…”

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Gov. Greg Abbott Holds Press Briefing About Texas Public Safety Efforts

Published | Video Starts at 16:01

Because of that failure, those people have been arrested for crimes, including murder, were required to be let out from jail on very low bond. A person arrested for murder was allowed to get out of jail for a $1 bond. That's outrageous. And we have to have a state prosecutor who will backstop that type of failure, that type of neglect by a district attorney. And that's exactly what this state prosecutor would do. (16:01–16:08)

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