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Texas Judge Who Lost Re-Election Bid Releases Juvenile Defendants

A judge in Harris County, Texas, who lost his re-election bid to a Democrat, released almost all of the juvenile defendants that appeared before him on Wednesday. A public defender said the judge, Glenn Devlin, asked defendants if they planned to kill anyone, and when they answered no, he released them, saying it’s what voters wanted. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with KUHF reporter Davis Land ( @davis_land).

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