Editor’s note: Murders and other violent crimes surged across the country amid the...
Editor’s note: Murders and other violent crimes surged across the country amid the pandemic, but in Harris County the trend seemed all the more painful because we recognized some of the contributing factors but couldn’t seem to address them. Beyond the court backlog dating back to Harvey that delayed trials, there were some felony court judges and magistrates whose lenient bond decisions for repeat, violent offenders endangered our community.
Aguilar, 64, has done a solid job managing his docket. His one-year clearance rate of 104 percent is about average among the 23 district courts, as is his active caseload. His courtroom has the third-lowest daily average number of people who are detained pretrial merely due to their inability to afford bail.
Aguilar’s shortcomings should not be overlooked. He’s one of several judges accused by the Texas Fair Defense Project and Texas Civil Rights Project ofand overlooking the public defender’s office when appointing lawyers to indigent cases. One of his bond decisions — in which he granted seven felony bonds to a defendant who then allegedly beat a man to death — was featured in Fox 26’s “Breaking Bond” series, which highlights cases where suspects commit crimes while out on bond.
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