Promise not to kill anyone? After losing election, TX judge wholesale releases juvenile defendants https://t.co/i4a2w7hX6C via @houstonchron

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 7, 2018

After losing his bench in a Democratic sweep the night before, Harris County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Devlin released nearly all of the youthful defendants that appeared in front him on Wednesday morning, simply asking the kids whether they planned to kill anyone before letting them go.

“He was releasing everybody,” said public defender Steven Halpert, who watched the string of surprising releases. “Apparently he was saying that’s what the voters wanted.”