Tag Archives: Judges say Dallas commissioners are wrong to blame them for jail woes

For months, the Dallas County Commissioners Court blamed district judges for the felony case backlog contributing to the near-capacity levels at the county jail, but many of the judges now say the commissioners don’t understand the problem. State District Judge Stephanie Huff, the presiding judge for the Dallas felony courts, sent a statement to The Dallas Morning News on Thursday saying the criminal justice …

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