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18 Dec 2007, 2:28 am
Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210, or e-mail him at rick.casey@chron.com (source: Houston Chronicle) [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 1:27 pm
"Texans seeking to escape the next hurricane or state emergency by evacuation bus will first be submitted to criminal background checks, the state's emergency management director says," reports the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 11:40 am
That's the title of Rick Casey's latest column in the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 1:13 am
The much-ballyhooed SCOTUS decision on crack sentencing disparities will have little effect overall in Texas, reports the Houston Chronicle ("Crack ruling of little effect locally," Dec. 17) because the vast majority of drug cases come through state courts:Since July 2006, there have been just over 1,400 drug-related convictions by federal prosecutors in South Texas, according to data from the U.S. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 10:10 am
"Crack ruling of little effect locally; Houston-area drug convictions mostly produced at state rather than federal level": This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 9:42 am
"Death judge broke rules": Today in The Houston Chronicle, columnist Rick Casey has an op-ed that begins, "So many judges, so little time. [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 8:20 am
"Judge wants wrongful death lawsuit dropped; Keller says she's not to blame for not answering call in execution case": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "The Texas judge accused of improperly denying a death row inmate a last-minute appeal has asked a federal judge to dismiss the wrongful death suit filed against her by the executed man's widow. [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 8:15 am
"DeGuerin's slick opening argument": Yesterday in The Houston Chronicle, columnist Rick Casey had an op-ed that begins, "Dick DeGuerin's legend as a criminal defense attorney grows. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 9:06 pm
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13 Dec 2007, 9:01 am
That's the title of an editorial in today's Houston Chronicle about the needs of exonerees. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 7:53 am
Ratcliffe's report in today's Houston Chronicle. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 5:15 am
"Judge in death case violated policies; Keller, who shut out appeal, says new written rules reflect unwritten ones on that day": The Houston Chronicle today contains a front page article that begins, "Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller apparently violated court policies for handling death penalty cases when she closed the court clerk's doors on Michael Richard's efforts to file a last-minute appeal before his execution. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 4:54 am
"Kent hires DeGuerin in harassment case; Top defense attorney says judge committed 'no crime'": This front page article appears today in The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
12 Dec 2007, 10:10 pm
" In this related Lise Olsen/Chronicle story, Hardin shot back: "That guy should not be a federal judge. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 11:19 pm
Reports the Houston Chronicle:A trial lawyer, a businessman and a social worker were appointed by Gov. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 5:40 am
" The Houston Chronicle reports that "Judges can set shorter jail terms for crack; Ruling may put sentences closer to those for powder cocaine. [read post]
8 Dec 2007, 3:00 am
From the Houston Chronicle: Moneymakers -- Five Questions with Ray Nimmer: He Expects Big Things for UH's Law School, by Mary Flood: Professor Ray Nimmer specializes in some of the nation's hottest legal topics â€â [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 10:00 pm
This Tom Fowler/Chronicle article (also see later report here) reports on the beginning of the latest in the series of criminal trials involving Houston-based natural gas traders who allegedly manipulated natural gas trading indexes, which are used to value billions of dollars in gas contracts and derivatives. [read post]