The Professional Bondsmen of Texas- Blog

Earlier this month, 28-year-old Henry Wilson only needed $10 to post bond and walk out of jail. According to his criminal history, he's spent more than a decade breaking into vehicles and stealing guns. "If you want to define a habitual offender, particularly a property offender, you've got to put Henry Wilson in your top five," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers. Since 2012, Wilson has racked up eight misdemeanor convictions and three felony convictions. "He's been in and out of the system multiple times," said Doug Griffith President of the Houston Police Officers Union.  And mostly for the same thing, burglary of a motor vehicle and stealing guns. "Half of Houston has been in that situation where they've had their car broken into," Griffith said. "I know it happened to me twice." "People like Wilson, property offenders wreak more havoc in a community than quite frankly a good percentage of violent offenders," said Ka

  A push to reform bail in Memphis from local and state leaders may take longer than expected, pending information from the court system. In a news conference held earlier Thursday, County Commissioner Mick Wright and State Senator Brent Taylor spoke about the need to fix the system to curb crime in the city while also preserving suspects right to bail. Those holding the news conference say the information they need to restructure the system isn’t available and that it should have been recorded by the court system. * * * * “We as a community have had our patience tested and it’s come back negative,” State Senator Brent Taylor said. “We are completely at our wits’ end when it comes to crime.” In a much-needed effort to curb crime here in Memphis, city and state leaders say enough is enough. But actually tackling the issue, according to Taylor, is a much bigger challenge. To see more CLICK HERE .

On the 36th episode of the Bail Post we talk about the importance of accountability in bail and in the Criminal Justice System in general.  Our guest is the Honorable Maria T. Jackson who has been the presiding Judge of the 339th State District Court in Houston, Harris County, Texas since the election of 2008 until she decided not to run for re-election. Judge Jackson received her B.A. degree in Political Science from The University of Texas at Arlington.  She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Texas A&M School of Law formerly Texas Wesleyan School of Law. In 2014, Judge Jackson was named one of the “Top 30 Most Influential Women of Houston.” In 2015, Judge Jackson was recognized again for her judicial service to the community by the Lebanon Times magazine. She was a Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Black Heritage Honoree, a Houston Bar Association-CLE distinguished member, and recognized by Houston’s Influential 40 Under 40. The Houston Sun honored Judge Jackson the “Wo

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PBT is honored to announced that our podcast, The Bail Post, has been ranked in the top 10 of the Best 60 Criminal Justice Podcasts.  The Bail Post is ranked number 8.  This honor could not have been achieved without the hard work of our committee that provides input and helps coordinate the topics of the podcast.  Additionally, our PR team provides coordination with our guests and ensures that everything runs smoothly. Congratulations to all for working so hard and providing a good product so that PBT could receive this honor. To see more CLICK HERE .

In the bail reform debate, periodically we hear that changes should emulate the Washington D.C. system of bail which replaced the private sector of bail and with a government pretrial services department.    The guest for this episode of The Bail Post is a life long resident of Washington D.C.  He is Frederick Douglas Cooke, Jr. and he was born and raised in the District of Columbia.  He attended the District of Columbia public school system and graduated from McKinley Technical High School in 1965.    After high school, Mr. Cooke enrolled at Howard University and graduated in 1969 with a degree in Psychology and a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force.  Mr.  Cooke deferred some of his U.S. Air Force service and enrolled at the Howard University School of Law where he was Managing Editor of the Howard Law Journal and Chairman of the National Conference of Law Reviews for the 1971-1972 school year.  He graduated with honors from the Law School in 1972.   Upon