In Texas, 75% of proposed constitutional amendments have been passed by voters since 1876, while five previous amendments related to bail denial each passed with at least 79% of the vote.

HOUSTON — This November, Texas voters will decide on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution. One of the most ...

Texas voters will consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would broaden the circumstances in which judges can deny bail to criminal ...

Bail bonds guarantee court appearance; non-compliance leads to asset forfeiture. Bail types include cash, unsecured, secured by property or third-party agent. Failing to appear in court can result in ...

Inside a mostly empty courtroom Monday morning, attorneys delivered closing arguments in the first bench trial for people accused of conspiring with Houston's AABLE Bail Bonds to spring men charged ...

An investigation into a Houston bail bondsman’s business practices started with an inquiry into how gang members were getting out of the Harris County Jail, a Houston Police Department sergeant said ...

A judge on Monday lowered bail for a man accused of firing a gun near Harris County deputies after prosecutors determined he did not lay in wait for authorities as initially believed. Kenyon Coleman, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — On a night shift in January 2024, two deputies were sifting through thousands of bail bond records at the Onondaga County Justice Center jail. The deputies, Sgt. Ashley Keeney and ...

A raid in 2022 prompted an investigation that ended with the bail bondsmen, along with one of their colleagues, arrested. Four Florida bail bondsmen have been arrested in connection with a 2002 raid ...

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — Four men were arrested Thursday after being accused of acting outside the legal authority of bail bondsmen’s duties. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Four Florida Keys bail bondsmen, two of whom were already facing legal trouble in Miami-Dade County, were booked into South Florida jails on Tuesday and Wednesday. Authorities said ...