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Jody Johnson

Attorney

Jody Johnson is a member of the Texas Coordinating Committee for the Poor People’s Campaign, and chair of the Legal and Communications committees in Dallas for the Poor People’s Campaign, and practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas.

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Law and Order

Dallas County’s money-bail problem

By Jody Johnson and Sherlyn Samuel,

Dallas County should follow the lead of other jurisdictions and refuse to jail anyone even for a day simply because they cannot pay money bond. We demand that our elected officials — prosecutors, county commissioners and judges — implement policies that end money bail immediately. We will not stop until we end money bail in Dallas.