“Democratic Dallas County DA challenger criticizes Creuzot’s record on police brutality, bail reform”
Frizell also said Friday that she’s seen no evidence Creuzot has attempted to reform the state’s bail bond system that disproportionately keeps nonwealthy people in jail while awaiting trial. She said she is opposed to a cash bail system and said she would assign prosecutors to the jail who can be available for bond-setting hearings around the clock.
“If you don’t have a lot of money, you shouldn’t be stuck in jail,” she said. “If you happen to have a lot of money and a bond was set very high appropriately for the facts, you shouldn’t be able to get out just because you have money.” Creuzot argued that absent an amendment to the state constitution, a cash bail system will always exist. He also correctly pointed out that judges — not prosecutors — decide a person’s bail amount. He said his office has tried to be involved in hearings where judges set bonds, but that the county does not fund having public defenders in the jails at all hours. Constitutional law prohibits prosecutors from being in hearings without a person’s defense lawyer present.
“We still have it as a concern to be there and an objective to do that but we don’t have the power to do it,” Creuzot said.that challenges the cash bail system. The county has been ordered to stop using fixed bail amounts without considering alternatives that would allow a person’s release from jail. State law says bail should not be oppressive, just that it should be used to reasonably assure a person returns to court.
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