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House committee considering Class C misdemeanor debt, arrests

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In lieu of a public hearing (with the capitol still closed off from COVID), the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee announced it would accept written testimony regarding its Interim Charge #2 regarding Class C misdemeanor arrests, debt, and the use of citations in lieu of arrest for certain low-level Class Bs. I prepared testimony for the committee on behalf Just Liberty, check it out here. Here's a notable excerpt framing the situation through data (endnotes in original):Class C misdemeanors as a whole have declined significantly in recent years, according to the Office of Court Administration?s Annual Statistical Report. Traffic and parking violations declined from 9.1 million in calendar-year 2006 to 5.3 million in 2019 ? a 42% reduction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 02, 2020 (boomark / email).