The Brief
- Personal recognizance bonds, or get out of jail free cards, are for defendants without lengthy criminal histories charged with nonviolent crimes.
- Since 2007, Jordan Lee Williams has racked up more than a dozen mug shots. In 2024, he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault. His bond was set at $200,000.
- While free from jail on the PR bond, police say Williams shot and killed 21-year-old Keshawn Humphrey. It happened on January 9 on the Houston METRO rail platform in Midtown.
HOUSTON – Personal recognizance bonds, or get out of jail free cards, are for defendants without lengthy criminal histories charged with nonviolent crimes.
Granting a PR bond to Jordan Lee Williams doesn’t make much sense.
The backstory:…