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A Texpent from Texas accused of murder He was released from police custody after his bonus was drastically reduced from $ 800,000 to $ 100 per charge.
Stephon Martin Morson, 19, was released from Travis county jail in Austin, Texas, On Saturday after the bond registered.
Morson is accused in death of Keshawn Cage, 20, whom the police found a gunshot wound in October.
Travis County prison told Fox News Digital that Morson was reserved on November 6, 2024 and accused of murder and manipulation/manufacture of physical tests.
Stephon Martin Morson, 19, from Austin, Texas, is accused of murder, but outside the prison after his bonus was reduced from $ 800,000 to $ 100 per charge. (Travis county jail)
Its bonus was originally established at $ 800,000, but recently it was reduced to $ 100 for each charge, for a total of $ 200, with the conditions that Morson uses a GPS monitor, remains under house arrest and not contacting the victim’s family or potential witnesses, CBS Austin first reported.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock told Fox News Digital that Morson’s punishment “was not enough.”
“For a man accused of murder to be reduced so low that he can walk free is a slap on the face of Austinites that could become the next victim. The rotating door of violent criminals constantly released in the streets of Austin is exactly why We have seen the violent crime increase, “Bullock said.
He added: “The district prosecutor, the County Prosecutor and the judges here have clearly demonstrated that they are not interested in taking care of the safety of the Austinites or working with the police. Everything that interests them is their own political agenda. Seen criminals.
Bullock said this is not the first time that the judges and magistrates of Travis County have drastically reduced the bond for a person accused of murder or sexual assault.
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Texas governor, Greg Abbott, described the reduction of Morson’s link and his subsequent release as “scandalous.” (Brandon Bell/Getty images)
“This is not exclusive to a single judge. This has happened in multiple different courts,” Bullock said. “We have had somewhere where they are not offended again, but then we have had others who return. People who go on bail and kill someone else when they are already accused of a violent crime.”
Texas Greg Abbott governor He also commented on Morson’s launch and called the “scandalous” movement.
“This is outrageous. That is why I made the bail reform an emergency element,” Abbott wrote in an X publication.
Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, also supported Abbott and said he is ready to play “hardball” to prevent violent criminals being released on bail during a special session last week to approve a package of bail reform .
Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, advocated a bail reform package currently in the state legislature and said that violent criminals cannot be released from the jail on bail. (Reuters/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)
On Wednesday, the bills clear the first of many obstacles to become law. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved the bail reform package for a 6-0 vote.
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“I am grateful that Governor Abbott declared bail reform as an emergency element for the current legislative session. Too many innocent people, both citizens and law agents, have become the objective of criminals due to The amounts of the irresponsible bond that allow violent criminals to be released, “Bullock said. “We are a nation of law and order, but the judges and activists who are interested in their own agenda instead of the law are eroding that principle.”
The defenders of the victims of the crime in Texas have been trying to obtain a harder bail legislation in the books for years, especially in certain cases that involve atrocious crimes. In past years, many criminal criminals in Harris County were released with low or bail, and some sometimes offended, sometimes violently, according to Rania Mankarious, the CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston.
Fox News Digital contacted the Travis County District Prosecutor’s Office, but did not immediately receive an answer.
Louis Casiano de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a writer of Fox News Digital and Fox Business. The advice and ideas of history can be sent to stepny.price@fox.com
