Texas teen charged of homicide launched from jail after ‘surprising’ bond lower

A Texas teenager charged of homicide was launched from authorities wardship after his bond was considerably lowered from $800,000 to $100 per payment.

Stephon Martin Morson, 19, was launched from the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas, on Saturday after he uploaded bond.

Morson is charged within the capturing fatality of 20-year-old Keshawn Cage, that police found with a gunshot damage to the top again in October.

The Travis County Jail knowledgeable Fox News Digital that Morson was scheduled onNov 6, 2024, and billed with homicide and tamper/fabricate bodily proof.

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Stephon Martin Morson, 19, of Austin, Texas, is billed with homicide, nevertheless out of jail after his bond was lowered from $800,000 to $100 per payment. (Travis County Jail)

His bond was initially evaluated $800,000, nevertheless it was currently gone all the way down to $100 for each payment, for an total of $200, with the issues that Morson placed on a basic practitioners preserve monitor of, keep underneath residence apprehension and never name the relations of the goal or doable witnesses, CBS Austin first reported.

Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock knowledgeable Fox News Digital that Morson’s penalty was “not enough.”

“For a man accused of murder to have his bond reduced so low that he’s able to walk free is a slap in the face to Austinites who could potentially become the next victim. The revolving door of violent criminals constantly released back onto the streets of Austin is exactly why we have seen violent crime increase,” Bullock claimed.

He included: “The District Attorney, County Attorney, and Judges here have clearly demonstrated they are not interested in looking after the safety of Austinites nor working with law enforcement. All they are interested in is their own political agenda. We’ve seen criminals released on bond who, while free, kill someone. The real question is when will enough be enough?”

Bullock claimed this isn’t the very first time Travis County courts and magistrates have truly considerably lowered bond for a person charged of homicide or sexual offense.

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Texas Gov Greg Abbott defined the lower of Morson’s bond and his succeeding launch as “outrageous.” (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“This is not exclusive to just one judge. This has happened across multiple different courts,” Bullock claimed.”We’ve had some the place they might not reoffend, however then we’ve had others who do reoffend. People that get out on bond they usually homicide another person after they’re already accused of a violent crime.”

Texas Gov Greg Abbott moreover talked about Morson’s launch and referred to as the relocation “outrageous.”

“This is outrageous. It’s why I made bail reform an Emergency Item,” Abbott created in an article on X.

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Texas LtGov Dan Patrick moreover backed Abbott and claimed he prepares to play “hardball” to keep up fierce transgressors from being launched on bond all through an distinctive session just lately to go a bond reform plan.

Texas LtGov Dan Patrick supported for a bond reform plan presently within the state legislature and claimed fierce transgressors cannot be launched from jail on bond. ( REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

On Wednesday, the prices removed the very first of quite a few boundaries to coming to be regulation. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee handed the bond reform plan by a poll of 6-0.

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“I’m grateful that Gov. Abbott declared bail reform an emergency item for the current legislative session. Too many innocent people, both citizens and law enforcement officers, have become targets of criminals due to irresponsible bail amounts that allow violent criminals to go free,” Bullock claimed. “We are a nation of law and order, but activist judges and prosecutors that are interested in their own agenda rather than the law are eroding that principle.”

Crime targets’ supporters in Texas have truly been trying to acquire more durable bond regulation on guides for a number of years, particularly specifically situations entailing outright legal actions. In years previous, quite a few legal transgressors in Harris County had been launched on diminished bond or no bond in any means, with some going down to reoffend, often strongly, in accordance with Rania Mankarious, the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Crime Stoppers of Houston.

Fox News Digital related to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office nevertheless didn’t promptly get an motion.

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano added to this document.

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