Houston computer glitch leads to hundreds being released from jail, shines light on bigger issue

HOUSTON (Nexstar) — A computer system glitch in Houston led to the release of hundreds of people being held in jails there on Wednesday.
The glitch kept people who had been arrested waiting in custody for more than two days, without having their case processed. That's longer than state law allows, leading to those defendants being released.At least one judge blamed a backlog in cases, making it nearly impossible to hold defendants any longer.
That draws attention to a larger statewide issu