Dec 09 2024 29 mins 9
On January 1st, 2025, Sean Teare will become Harris County’s new District Attorney, an important office that’s has been held by Kim Ogg for the last eight years. The office is dealing with fallout from thousands of cases dismissed, overcrowding at the jail, and other issues. A veteran prosecutor, Teare joins host Raheel Ramzanali to lay out his plan on how he’s going to fix what he calls a “broken” DA’s office. Stay tuned to find out his top priorities on day one, from a new domestic violence bureau, filing better charges and more.
Here’s more from what we talked about in the show:
- Sean Teare beats Dan Simons in close race for Harris County DA
- Sean Teare, Harris County’s district attorney-elect, will ‘do what I think is right’
- Thousands of Houstonians are sent to jail with no legal basis under DA Ogg, judges say
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