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I THINK IT'S VALUABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE JUDGES CAN BE PRETTY IMPORTANT IN WHAT HAPPENS." PAUL HEATON, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR, QUATTRONE CENTER FOR THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S CAREY LAW SCHOOL
U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rosenthal issues a preliminary injunction that stops the misdemeanor cash bail system.
Fifteen Democratic
Amended Local Rule 9 dictates
Rosenthal approves the
Elections for 15 misdemeanor court positions will be held.
JAN. 17, 2019
NOV. 6, 2018
NOV. 8, 2022
APRIL 28, 2017
NOV. 21, 2019
misdemeanor judges win elections; all 16 courts are headed by Democratic judges.
changes to certain county misdemeanor bail policies, including personal bond release, bail hearings and representation.
ODonnell Consent Decree, eliminating cash bail for most misdemeanor arrestees.
his center’s study. A Sept. 14 news release from non- pro t Crime Stoppers stated the orga- nization supports misdemeanor bail reform. But Andy Kahan, director of the victim services and advocacy program for Crime Stoppers, said he believes the ODonnell case has a ected how judges set bonds for felonies. In its “Breaking Bond” TV segment, Crime Stoppers documents people who commit crimes while out on bonds for felonies. “The numbers certainly bear it out that the district court judges are basi- cally taking the ODonnell decision without being under a federal order [and] transposing it onto defendants
party has the narrow advantage, almost always sweeping every one of the seats,” Jones said. However, it is not yet clear how a change in the makeup of the courts could have an e ect on ODonnell. David Fleischer, who is running for re-election as the County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 judge, said he does not know what would happen to the ODonnell Consent Decree if Republi- can judges win their elections. “It does scare me though,” Fleischer said. “We put in a lot of work [to show] any fear that someone might have had about bail reform is just nonsensical in the misdemeanor arena.”
charged with felonies,” Kahan said, although Crime Stoppers only began tracking data in 2018. Meanwhile, Alexandra del Moral Mealer, the Republican opponent of County Judge Lina Hidalgo, said in a statement to Community Impact, she would le a motion to dissolve the ODonnell Consent Decree on her rst day in o ce if elected. Judicial elections According to Jones, candidates for judicial elections are virtually unknown to the public. “The judicial elections devolve into a generic partisan battle with whichever
Good said a new misdemeanor judge could choose not to follow the consent decree. But Garrett said it takes extreme circumstances to reopen a settled case, and Rossi said any attempt would be baseless legally. Heaton stressed the importance of giving attention to the judicial races. “I think it’s valuable for people to be very thoughtful when they’re mak- ing these decisions and recognize that those judges can be pretty important in what happens,” Heaton said.
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