The Tekzans were outraged after the Rogue Judge set up a suspect for a capital murder accused of killing a deputy in Houston just a day after his co -defendant, another suspect for capital murder, was released on a guarantor.
Former District Prosecutor Harris Kim Ogg scored Judge Hilary Unger During “Fox & Friends” of providing the road to release the suspected Ronnie Palmer, who has been charged with the death of Deputy Fernando Esqueda in July 2024.
“Unfortunately, our judges in Harris County showed the pattern of release of repeated violent offenders among us,” Ogg Lawrence Jones said on Friday.
“Right now, there are more than 830 fugitives or individuals on a capital murder or murder taxpayer, but LJ, no one for the murder of a police officer. This is first for us.”
Unger set up Palmer’s connection With $ 3 million on Thursday, according to a court document shared by the Harris District MP (HCDO). Palmer has been in prison since July, and so far he has not been a bond to the charge.
It also faces two points of a worse attack by a deadly weapon in Esqued’s death. The bond for these costs was placed at $ 50,000.
Although Palmer stays in prison from Thursday, he now has the opportunity to publish a bail and return to the streets.
Deputy Sheriff Harris Fernando Esqued in uniform in front of the American flag in this portrait provided by the sheriff. Esqueda was shot and killed in duty in July 2024. (Harris County Sheriff)
This comes to the heel from the release of another Suspects to kill Esqueda, DROMONE Francis, who was released in house arrest after announcing a $ 1 million bond in November 2024.
In addition to the allegations of murder, Francis was previously convicted of drug production and delivery. He “unsatisfactory interrupted” in 2022.
Unger, whose duty is to set bonds in cases like these, was supposed to set up an amount higher to avoid endangering public security, OGG claimed.
“Unfortunately, Judge Hilary Unger is a rogue and notorious about the release of repeated perpetrators who come out and kill other members of our community,” she said.
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After returning from the community, the defender said on Thursday Fox 26 Houston that Unger was not involved in the placement of Bond for Francisco, despite Houston police officers And Hcdo said it was.
“They made it very difficult for the judge because she was not the one who set the bond,” Cheryl Irvin said. “The bond was set up and no one complained to her from the prosecutor from the previous administration.”
Local outlets reported that the state of Texas filed for an apparent hearing when Francis was arrested in July 2024, which was not bond. This hearing should have happened within 10 days, but since he did not, Francis became eligible for Bonda, and his lawyer asked to be set. It is not clear why the state did not continue to listen.
Nonetheless, the president of the police union at Houston Douglas Griffith insisted that Unger could have taken additional measures to make the community safe.
“He had more bonds. He came out of a long criminal history. She could have kept him. There is no forced mechanism not to hold him in prison. He is completely on it,” Fox & Friends FIRST said during the judge, claiming that the judge had the history of violent offenders on Bond.
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“When these guys don’t come to court because it’s Capital’s murder caseThen we will be forced to go out there and get them again, and then they can shoot another officer, “he continued.” He shot 42 rounds in the deputy Esqueda. These are violent offenders. We will see them again in the news titles, and everything will be on the back of this judge. “
Unger, which was a re -selection of 2026, was previously prior to the “alternative to prison with rehabilitation, reduction of recidivism and increase the community safety,” the campaign website said.
Fox News Digital addressed the Harris County District Prosecutor and the 248th District Court for comment.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
