24 Facts About Kim Ogg

Kimbra Kathryn Ogg was born on 1959 and is an American attorney and former prosecutor.

Kim Ogg is the daughter of Texas legislator and Democrat Jack Ogg, and philanthropist Connie Harner Ogg.

Kim Ogg began her legal career working for District Attorney Johnny Holmes in 1987.

Kim Ogg was appointed as the first director for Houston's Anti-Gang Task Force in 1994 and unsuccessfully ran for district judge as a Republican in the 1996 election.

Kim Ogg was the executive director of Crime Stoppers of Houston from 1999 to 2006 before leaving to practice law with her father.

Kim Ogg ran on a moderate Democratic platform against Republican incumbent Devon Anderson, using her inauguration ceremony to announce that all misdemeanor marijuana cases would be diverted from arrest or prosecution.

In early 2017, Kim Ogg announced a new policy: no one caught with under four ounces of cannabis, a misdemeanor amount, would be subjected to arrest and the possibility of a criminal record.

When running for office in 2016, Kim Ogg stated that her office would seek the death penalty for the "worst of the worst", committing to continuing the practice of previous administrations to seek it less.

Kim Ogg's office continued requesting execution dates, which led to the executions of nine death row inmates from Harris County cases.

Kim Ogg has been critical of the way immigration has been handled by the Biden administration and ICE.

Kim Ogg required that every instance in which a police officer shoots a civilian that the shooting be independently reviewed by prosecutors and that each case be presented to a grand jury to determine whether criminal charges were warranted.

Kim Ogg said this was done to ensure that the community determined whether an indictment was warranted, and thus the officer be prosecuted, or the shooting be declared legal and thus, the officer cleared.

Some defense lawyers have criticized the way Kim Ogg's office handled the Harding Street Raid fallout.

Kim Ogg's office prosecuted Dr Hasan Gokal, a Pakistani immigrant, for giving 10 doses of COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire to those not authorized by Harris County Public Effort in an effort to prevent the vaccines going to waste.

In July 2019, Kim Ogg's office dismissed the criminal charges against an alleged local gambling ring and referred the case by former contract employee Amir Mireskandari to the FBI to ensure the matter was reviewed and there was no appearance of a potential conflict of interest.

Kim Ogg was a member of Ogg's campaign finance committee.

Kim Ogg claimed that the reforms provided insufficient clarity on the modified role of prosecutors and that they overemphasized the needs of defendants.

Kim Ogg gathered local law enforcement and stood alongside Republican county commissioners in opposition to the plan to create a constitutional bail system that was supported by Democratic commissioners.

Kim Ogg has criticised Democratic judges for lenient bail policies that she said leads to an increase in violent crime.

Kim Ogg was previously criticized after her First Assistant, David Mitcham, told judges they would face a "reckoning" if they did not set higher bonds.

Kim Ogg was accused of mishandling and quietly dropping a fraud case against a GOP Activist and attorney Jared Woodfill by investigators within her own office.

Kim Ogg did not respond to a list of detailed questions about the inconsistencies between her statements and court records.

Kim Ogg investigated county elected officials and staffers several times after having public disagreements over issues such as bail reform, violence interruption program implementation, and her office's budget.

Kim Ogg was later featured in an advertisement for Cruz.