Editorial: Abbott notes the need, yet does nothing on bail reform
Express-News Editorial Board
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Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to endorse bail reform for those accused of nonviolent, low-level offenses. It’s impossible to reform the criminal justice system without cash bail reform in such cases.Lynda M. Gonzalez /Staff Photographer /Lynda M. Gonzalez /Staff Photographer
So often with public officials, it’s what they don’t say that proves more important than what is said.
It’s the absence of conviction, the lack of a firm commitment or stance that is the real tell, not some general acknowledgment of the obvious.