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February 20, 2020      8:35 AM

Debt collection up, pot arrests down in latest court statistics

Rise in debt cases is attributed to the Trump Administration’s loosening of debt-collection regulations

Annual court statistics unveiled at the Texas Judicial Council indicate a sharp rise in civil cases around debt and eviction last year and a steep drop in both prosecution and conviction of misdemeanor marijuana cases.

Angela Garcia, the chief data officer at the Texas Office of Court Administration, presented an overview of the numbers this past week, outlining one-year and five-year trends in case load across municipal, county, district and the Texas Supreme Court.

By Kimberly Reeves

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