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What the KP George Sentencing Means for Fort Bend County — And What Accountability Looks Like When It Works You read the headline yesterday. A suspended Fort Bend County judge, convicted of stealing more than forty-six thousand dollars from the people who donated to his campaigns, was sentenced to five years' probation and 180 days in the county jail. The judge who imposed the sentence — the Hon. Maggie Jaramillo of the 458th District Court — did so after prosecutors argued that holding public office makes the betrayal worse, not better. The defense asked for community supervision alone, pointing out that George had already lost his $180,000-a-year position and his name. The DA's office countered that a slap on the wrist would tell every future officeholder that campaign donors are a personal checking account with a longer route to the money. If you live in Fort Bend County — in Richmond, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Katy, Rosenberg, Stafford, or any of the towns that have watched this case unfold on ABC13 and in the Houston Chronicle — you are asking a fair question tonight: does the system actually hold powerful people accountable here? That question is the reason we are…