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17 Sep 2010, 2:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Houston Chronicle rightly today editorialized that the FSC's credibility is at stake if they appear to ignore expert testimony in the case.MORE: From Kuff: Fire Marshal clings to Willingham arson report. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 1:15 pm by Mario Madrid
An open records request by the Associated Press revealed that an elected District Attorney from Wisconsin sent sexually suggestive text messages to a domestic violence victim according to a story in the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 7:25 am by Steve Hall
Michael Graczyk's AP report, "Condemned killer of 3 wins new sentencing trial," is via the Houston Chronicle.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out on Wednesday the death sentence of an Amarillo man convicted of killing three neighbors seven years ago.The state's highest criminal court agreed with attorneys for Jimmie Lucero, 52, that his trial lawyers did a poor job of investigating his background and presenting mitigating evidence to a jury that decided in 2005… [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 7:48 pm by Susan I. Nelson
" Photo: Protestors march outside the Mickey Leland Federal Building in downtown Houston during a rally supporting the DREAM Act in May. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 7:33 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Houston Chronicle Susan Carroll reports "Nearly three months after U.S. immigration officials dumped Luis Alberto Delgado in Mexico despite his insistence that he is a U.S. citizen, the 19-year-old was permitted to re-enter the country last weekend with the U.S. government's blessing. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 11:54 am by Matthew Kolken
I just read a Houston Chronicle news story about 19-year-old Luis Alberto Delgado, a United States citizen born in Houston's Ben Taub Hospital, who was deported despite the fact that he provided them with a valid birth certificate, social security card, and government issued photo identification. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 2:55 pm
The Texas Forensic Science Commission will convene Friday in Dllas for a special meeting about its investigation into the validity of science used to convict Cameron Todd Willingham of arson in 1991.Yesterday, Rick Casey wrote in the Houston Chronicle that the Commission was on track with their investigation until Gov. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 8:43 am by Steven M. Taber
September 13, 2010, Volume 2, Number 26 The following is a summary review of articles from all over the nation concerning environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 2:04 pm by Susan I. Nelson
  Houston Chronicle Immigration Chronicles blog: I.C.E. fines recently reported include: Westex Well Services, a company headed up by Texas Tech University Regent Mickey Long, paid $60,984 to immigration officials earlier this summer. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 11:01 am by Christine Dowling
  The signing took place alongside the parents of Chelsea King, a teenager murdered earlier this year by a convicted child molester who was released after serving a three-year prison term.Unmanned Aircraft Patrolling Border:   The Houston Chronicle has this story about one of the latest high-tech efforts to patrol the U.S. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 6:48 am by Susan I. Nelson
Houston Chronicle  Peggy O'Hare reports "The Tomball City Council late Tuesday defeated a proposal to make English the city's official language and voted down another measure seeking to prohibit illegal immigrants from renting or owning property or owning or operating a business there. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 5:20 am by immigrationprof
Read Professor Geoffrey Hoffman's op/ed in the Houston Chronicle, which begins "The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to move to dismiss pending immigration cases against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records and meet other criteria... [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:27 pm
Thirty-five of the 41 DNA exonerations in Texas involved eyewitness misidentifications.In an op-ed Saturday in the Houston Chronicle, Texas Senator Rodney Ellis and Innocence Project of Texas Policy Director Cory Session outlined the steps needed to improve the justice system in order to protect the innocent and called on the state's political leaders to provide justice. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 8:12 am by Steve Hall
That's the title of an OpEd from the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 7:03 am by Anna Christensen
  Similarly, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy have relied on Skilling to seek the dismissal of charges against them, the Houston Chronicle reports. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 10:00 pm
According to the Houston Chronicle, Dozier was driving without his emergency lights and sirens switched on. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 5:12 am by Glenn Reynolds
“Employees of 126 businesses that had donated money to Senate Democrats in the 2008 campaign have switched all or most of their 2010 contributions to the Republicans, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission reports by the Houston Chronicle. [read post]