Texas Constitution talk:Article I, Section 11-d: Difference between revisions

Under the Texas Constitution, most defendants have the right to be released on bail except for certain cases, such as those charged with capital murder or accused of certain repeat felonies."

By requiring judges to deny bail for certain cases  

involving felonies such as murder, aggravated sexual  

would ensure that only those individuals who posed the  

greatest risk were denied bail.  

The proposed constitutional amendment also  

would provide a distinct threshold for denying bail by  

ensuring that detention was based on specific findings and  

grounded in the required evidentiary standards.  

Proposition 3 also would include several procedural  

safeguards to protect defendants’ rights. Defendants  

Code of Criminal Procedure to protect a defendant’s right  

to a speedy trial. If these deadlines were not met, a judge  

Proposition 3 could lead to longer pretrial detentions  

for individuals who had not been convicted of a  

exacerbate racial disparities in the state’s criminal justice  

system, as people of color are already overrepresented in  

Creating evidentiary standards for denying bail  

without establishing a specific timeline by which this  

taxpayer costs without commensurate public safety  

benefits.  

Other critics say  

Proposition 3 should include a requirement for