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Greg Abbott: “Some judges want to have discretion to be able to keep these…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Governor Greg Abbott Discusses Overhaul of Texas Bail System

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

I think that should get close to 100% vote by the people of the state of Texas. You would also think that judges would want to have more discretion. So Some judges want to have discretion to be able to keep these dangerous criminals behind bars. And this does empower those judges who want to have the ability to say, this criminal poses a danger to our community and now have a tool to keep them in jail awaiting the trial. (01:54–02:01)

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Asserts that some judges desire discretion to detain dangerous criminals.

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