The Professional Bondsmen of Texas- Blog

What has been the Response of the Activists to the Increasing Numbers of Failures to Appear as a Result of the Simple Release Measures that they Push? There is a growing amount of data that now documents that the release measures pushed by the activists are damaging public safety.  In Texas, there is the Report of the Houston Police Officers Union that reviewed a weeks worth of data for the misdemeanor courts using almost all personal bonds and they found a failure to appear rate of over 75%.  To see more CLICK HERE .  Houston Court Watch complied two years worth of data using the same formulas and found an average failure to appear rate of over 83%.  To see more CLICK HERE . Over time other states and issued reports that confirm these shocking numbers.  The Cook County Illinois Clerk issued a report saying that the failures to appear for individuals released on simple release were over 70%.  The Yolo County District attorney appeared on a podcast saying th...

Equal Justice hosted another debate on the National Issue of Bail Reform.  The guests included Steve Mulroy who is the newly elected district attorney for Sheby County, Tennessee.  Mr. Mulroy would be described as a Soros' supported and funded district attorney who seeks to reform the criminal justice system within.   D.A. Mulroy made the argument in his opening statement that he wondered if bail or bondsmen were even needed anymore. To set out the opposing position, PBT's own Ken W. Good appeared and argued that bail was an integral part of the success of the criminal justice system.  Mr. Good argued that the private industry had the lowest failure to appear rate of any release mechanism by far and it allowed cases to get resolved more quickly.  Without the private industry the delays in resolving cases, either intentionally or unintentionally, placed pressure on the system to dismiss more and more cases which was already present before Mulroy took office ...