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A Texas teen accused because of murder was released from police custody after its bond was drastically reduced from $ $ 100 to $ 100 per indictment.
Stephon Martin Morson, 19, was released Travis County prison in Austin, Texas, on Saturday after he had posted the deposit.
Morson is accused of shooting 20-year-old Keshawn Cage, which the police found on the head in October with a gunshot wound.
The Travis County prison announced Fox News Digital that Morson was booked on November 6, 2024 and was charged with murder and manipulation/manufacturing of physical evidence.
Stephon Martin Morson, 19, from Austin, Texas, is charged with murder, but from prison after his bond has been reduced from $ 800,000 per load. (Travis County prison)
Its bond was originally set to 800,000 US dollars, but it was recently dropped to $ 100 for each fee, a total of 200 US dollars, the conditions that Morson wears a GPS monitor present CBS Austin first reported.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock told Fox News Digital that Morson’s punishment was “not enough”.
“In order for a man to be accused of murder to reduce his bond so low that he is able to go freely, exactly why we have increased violent crime,” said Bullock.
He added: “The district prosecutor, the district prosecutor and the judges here have clearly published on Bond, who, while they are free, killed someone.
Bullock said this was not the first time that the judges and judges of Travis County drastically reduce a person for a person who is accused of murder or sexual assault.
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, described the reduction of Morsons Bond and his later publication as “outrageous”. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“This is not exclusively for a judge. This has happened in several different dishes,” said Bullock. “We had some where they may not take care of, but then we had others who lend themselves again. People who are relating to Bond and they murder someone if they are already accused of violating violence.”
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas also expressed himself about Morson’s publication and called the move “outrageous”.
“This is outrageous. That is why I made the deposit reform an emergency object,” Abbott wrote in a post about X.
Dan Patrick, Governor of Texas, also supported Abbott and said that he was ready to play “hardball” to prevent violent criminals during a special lesson last week to say goodbye to a Bail reform package.
The governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, campaigned for a deposit reform package currently in state legislation and said violent criminals were not released from prison for Bond. (Reuters/David ‘Dee’ Delgado)
On Wednesday, the bills solved the first of many obstacles for the law. The Senate’s criminal judicial committee passed the deposit reform package 6-0.
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“I am grateful that governor Abbott has declared the reform of the deposit for the current legislative period for an emergency position. Too many innocent people, both citizens and law enforcement officers have become the goals of criminals,” said Bullock. “We are a nation of law and order, but activist judges and prosecutors who are more interested in their own agenda than in the law, interrupt this principle.”
The supporters of the victims of crime in Texas have tried for years to maintain stricter legislation for the deposit in the books, especially in certain cases in which tremendous crimes are involved. In recent years, many criminal offenders in Harris County have been released with a low bond or no bond at all, with some, according to Rania Manskarious, the CEO of Crime Stopers of Houston, sometimes violently burdened.
Fox News Digital turned to the Travis County public prosecutor, but did not immediately receive an answer.
Louis Casiano from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is an author for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story’s tips and ideas can be sent to Stepheny.price@fox.com
