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Abuse of writ of habeas corpus

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October 02, 2003, 15:10
BLeonard
Abuse of writ of habeas corpus
To my knowledge, Tarrant County is the only place where this goes on. The D is arrested on a warrant on Saturday night. Sunday morning, the D lawyer awakens a judge or magistrate who signs a writ returnable in three days and the D is released. I have had some child sex offenders who have been released in this manner who have immediately run to Mexico or points south never to be seen again. It looks like this time some media attention may change this abusive procedure. Go to this link to read more. Check startelegram.com for a fiery article tomorrow. This has also been all over the TV news here. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/6904859.htm