It would be correct. It may surprize you, but Texas has
(or had) statutory laws and case law against excessive
bail;
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(although that has been wound back somewhat with
recent changes in bail law in the last few years;
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)
Jesse Dean Kersh was charged back in 2016 and as
this January 30, 2016 Houston Chronicle article on his
arrest notes, he has "lived a quiet life for 32 years until
he was arrested" and "has had only a couple of run-ins
with the law, for drunken driving and public intoxication
in the 1980s, records show."
Interviews with those who knew Kersh, now 58, and a review of public records give no...
www.houstonchronicle.com
Since that 2016 arrest, there have been an unusual
number of postponements ordered in this trial (even
subtracting the year and a half for COVID), the effect
of which must make it difficult for JDK to continue to
pay for his defence (never mind any appeal after a
trial), and you only need refer to the preceding two
pages of this thread to experience the strange game
of hide and seek regarding public notices (or ongoing
absence of them) regarding this case on the
Galveston County Court website.
(There are other eyebrow-raising things about this
trial which would not be allowed to be posted here (for
example, former prison officer and recently retired
Judge John Ellisor, formerly hearing this case, was sued
years back in an interesting case against him[Judge Ellisor]
[findable online])).
The prosecution case is problematic. They have DNA
from victim's Beth Wilburn's fingernails which
does not
match JDK's (and is from an unknown person) but the
prosecution (mis?)represents this as 'not excluding' JDK.
They have an interview where JDK allegedly denies
owning a .22 Long Rifle firearm (..the exact wording
of the interview is not available, so, hey, it's possible
that that form of question could easily have been open
to misinterpretation).
The only thing the prosecution has is the testimony of
a witness, Darryl Krogman, that was obtained back in
2006 by FBI Agent Richard Rennison (that is made clear
in the Probable Cause Affidavit, found here);
Could only find an article from 3 days ago - hoping this is still going on... Thursday, October 13th: *Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 9am CT) - TX - Thomas Earl McGraw, Jr. (28), Beth Yvette Wilburn (25) & James Craig Oatis (22) all slain in the Corvette Concepts garage, League City, Nov. 2, 1983...
www.websleuths.com
Under cross-examination during this trial by Defence
Counsel Kevin Reckoff, FBI Agent Richard Rennison
(who is also a former League City TX police officer)
stated "he had no recollection of what was being
asked" despite, as Rekoff asserted, "even though you
knew I’d ask you about it?"
I'm convinced no other reporters, networks, or MSM are covering this case so best take what we can get. Not even the court site is reporting this case! Strange....
www.websleuths.com
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Aspects of this prosecution are questionable. As Mr Leo
Shipman said in the Houston Chronicle article I specified
in the above 2nd paragraph, "I never knew him to hurt
anybody"..."Why did it take so long to
pin this on him?"