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DA Challenges Judge's Juror Payout | Texas News
Travis County’s DA is launching a fierce legal challenge against a judge’s controversial $26,700-per-juror payout to 14 jurors who served just five days — a sum the DA claims violates state law and was improperly authorized by the defense team in dismissed cases. The judge, Karen Sage, bizarrely calculated the payment as if jurors worked 460 days, including non-court days — a move the DA insists nullifies the order since cases were dismissed and the judge lost jurisdiction. With the DA arguing this is a blatant legal overreach and financial misstep, the showdown could reshape how juror…
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