Ecuador Judges Visit The Harris County Courthouse
You may have seen a group of hispanic judges being escorted around the courthouse today. I saw them in Judge Jean Hughes' court, Harris County Criminal Court at Law #15, and Judge Mark Atkinson's court, Harris County Criminal Court at Law #13. The visiting judges are from the tiny south american country of Ecuador. They were studying the Harris County criminal justice system. seemed to be intrigued by this thing we call probation. The reason for this is that the Ecuadorian system does not have this available to a defendant that is guilty of a crime. Can you imagine living in a country where an accused does not have the opportunity to make bail or where the court system does not believe in rehabilitating anyone that is convicted of a crime?
