New Texas law changes how serious criminal cases are handled

The Brief

  • Texas Proposition 3 allows judges to deny bail for people accused of certain violent or sexual felony offenses
  • On Jan. 4, Caldwell County Deputy Constable Aaron Armstrong was killed while working an off-duty security job in Austin
  • Currently, the suspect remains in jail with a bond set at more than $2 million

AUSTIN, Texas A new Texas law is changing how some of the state’s most serious criminal cases are handled, including one in Austin.

The backstory:

Prosecutors are asking a judge to deny bail for a man charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a Caldwell County deputy constable.

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