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Greg Abbott: “Sexual assault is one of those crimes [for which judges can…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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

Published | Video Starts at 31:16

What sort of legislation do you have in mind for judges to. Sure. First, so you'll know of of the crimes that judges have the ability to automatically deny bail. Sexual assault is one of those crimes [for which judges can automatically deny bail]. Second, in addition to adding crimes like that to the list for which bail can automatically be denied, we added other tools to the toolbox to hold those judges accountable. (31:16–31:19)

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