Posts tagged Kim Ogg
Harris County D.A. Kim Ogg Didn't Deliver on Her Promise of Reform. Now Another One of Her Former Prosecutors is Running Against Her.

“Kim Ogg was elected district attorney of Harris County, Texas, in 2016 on a criminal justice reform platform, but has spent her first term largely pushing the status quo. She has repeatedly asked the County Commissioners Court, which makes budget decisions for the country’s third largest county, for dozens more prosecutors, requests that have thus far been denied. She also stood against a historic misdemeanor bail reform settlement that came as a result of a new wave of judges being swept in during the 2018 election in Harris County, which includes Houston. Those moves have largely been at odds with Ogg’s stated vision for reform. In March, a former assistant district attorney under Ogg, Audia Jones, entered the 2020 race against her. And now, Carvana Cloud, the former Special Victims Bureau chief under Ogg, has left the office to enter the race.“

The Appeal

December 5, 2019

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ProsecutorsPhillip ReevesThe Appeal, Kim Ogg, Harris CountyComment
Federal Judge Rebukes Houston DA for Using the Willie Horton Strategy

“U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal gave preliminary approval last week to a settlement that restructures the bail system and provides for the pretrial release of most people charged with misdemeanors in Texas’s Harris County, the nation’s third most populous county and home of Houston. And she did it over the objections of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.“

The Appeal Political Report

September 12, 2019

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Prosecutors, Bail ReformPhillip ReevesThe Appeal Political Report, Houston, Harris County, Kim OggComment
D.A. who ran as reformer says she needs 100 more prosecutors

“The district attorney of Harris County, Texas, formally asked the County Commissioners Court last month for $20 million to hire about 100 new prosecutors, an increase of 31 percent. DA Kim Ogg told the commissioners at the Jan. 29 budget hearing that she needs the new attorneys to handle a backlog of cases that have clogged the courts since Hurricane Harvey. Ogg was hailed as a “bold” criminal justice reformer for campaigning in 2016 on a platform of bail reform and diverting low-level drug offenses. But activists have questioned her actions since her election.“

The Appeal

February 8, 2019

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ProsecutorsPhillip ReevesThe Appeal, Kim Ogg, Houston, Harris County, TexasComment
Harris County DA Ran as a Reformer. So Why Is She Pushing High Bail for Minor Offenses?

"She said it’s never appropriate for a DA to ask for $15,000 bond for charges like marijuana possession, and pointed to research showing that releasing people based on their promise to pay if they don’t turn up in court is just as effective as requiring money bail up front."

The Appeal

August 9, 2018

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Prosecutors, Bail ReformAnthony BradleyThe Appeal, Harris County, Houston, Kim Ogg