Breaking Bond

You can't blame 24-year-old Joshua Gabriel Ortiz-Lopez for choosing freedom over a jail cell.

People on parole are serving the remainder of their sentences in the free world. We've noticed several instances in which the state's prison system and the courts take little or no action when parolees commit new crimes.

The District Attorney's Office asked the court to deny Michael Richardson bond stating he's a danger to the future safety of the community.

39-year-old Oscar Mario Soto has a criminal history that dates to 2004. After being released from jail on such a low bond, Soto doesn't bother to show back up to court.

Within just a few weeks of getting his get out of jail free card, 35-year-old George Albert Hodge became a wanted fugitive and then accused killer.

Danny Leonard's criminal history dates back to 2004 and he is now on the run after violently biting his mother and pouring ice water all over her within 24 hours of being bonded out of jail.

Last week, we heard from candidates trying to unseat 262nd Judge Lori Chambers Gray 180th Judge DaSean Jones and 248th Judge Hillary Unger.

On Tuesday afternoon, relatives of people killed allegedly at the hands of repeat violent offenders, free from jail on multiple felony bonds, denounced current democratic criminal district court judges.

Some would point to 21-year-old Julian Chavez as to why bond isn't appropriate for someone accused of violating a protective order.