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.…