Expecting The System™ to Protect You Is a Fool's Hope

Because keeping violent offenders in jail is unfair. Kidnapping, assault suspect released on $1 bonds back in court on new charge of threatening same victim

Aubrey Taylor kidnapped a woman he was dating, choked and "terrorized" her, court documents said. But Houston Judge Josh Hill set both his bonds at $1 each.

So of course he was right back in court for threatening the same victim. Of course he was.

A Katy man who was released from jail on two $1 bonds on charges of kidnapping and choking a woman he was dating was back in court Thursday on a new charge.

According to court documents, Aubrey Andre Taylor, 42, was arrested within days of his release last week after he threatened the same victim.

When he was released the first time, the victim was granted an "order of protection." How much good did that do? None.

"Setting a $2 bond for an accused abuser is like letting a dangerous animal loose. Sadly, it also sends a terrible message to survivors that the criminal justice system could not protect them. The trauma of violence and the terror of kidnapping and stalking lead to a lifetime of emotional healing for a victim," trauma therapist Chau Nguyen said.

If you need a court order of protection, then you need a plan for your personal safety.

The judge would not comment due to "judicial ethics." The judge let this guy out, and he threatened the victim. Nothing will happen to the judge. If he had assaulted or even murdered the victim, nothing would happen to the judge. I doubt he will even lose a minute of sleep because keeping violent criminals in jail is unfair. Or something.