Breaking the Bond: How bail reform changed Houston's criminal justice system

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey at wbur.org/survey. It's been nearly 5 years since cash bail was removed for most people charged with misdemeanors in Harris County, Texas, home to Houston. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd heads to Harris County for a special series on how bail reform has changed the criminal justice system there. And, North Carolina is a critical swing state in this year's presidential election. Democrat Kimberly Harding and Republican Dallas Woodhouse explain how they're organizing voters in the state. Then, in his new book, "Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans that Feed Them," author Porter Fox explores the vital role that oceans play in weather and climate change.

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0:24.6	today's episode. Thank God for the jail reform because without them many people
0:30.5	will be sitting in jail during time that's very undeserving.
0:34.8	Harris County, Texas ended cash bail for minor offenses in 2019.
0:40.1	So why are jails there still overcrowded?
0:43.2	It's Monday,
0:45.2	It's Monday, September 23rd, and the... It's Monday, September 23rd, and this is here and now any time from NPR and W-BU.R.
0:58.8	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:59.8	Later on the show we'll hear about get out the vote efforts in North Carolina
1:05.6	by Democrats and Republicans. The Tarhill State hasn't gone blue in the
1:10.2	presidential election since Obama in 2008, but it's in play this year.
1:16.2	And a swashbuckling journalist sails the globe to assess the health of our planet's
1:22.0	most powerful and misunderstood natural resource, the ocean.
1:26.4	We have a better understanding of the surface of Mars than we do the bottom of our own oceans.
1:32.2	But first, we're kicking off a series of special reports on bail reform.
1:38.0	In most of the country, if you're charged with a crime and the judge sets bail, you either have to put up that money
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