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18 Oct 2018, 1:48 pm
The Houston Chronicle reports that Venture Global LNG has signed two 20-year contracts to provide LNG from its proposed Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines LNG terminals in Louisiana with the state-run Polish Oil and Gas Company. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 3:30 am
I’ll let Julian Gill at the Houston Chronicle (here) set the stage: A former teacher … lost her job this week when two short videos surfaced on Facebook showing her making racially insensitive remarks toward a Hispanic couple. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 6:12 pm
The Houston Chronicle editorial board called for a sweep of all but one Republican misdemeanor-court judges in Harris County after they fought bail reform tooth and nail in the federal courts instead of just fixing the problem. [read post]
13 Oct 2018, 7:29 am
Here are a few Texas justice stories that merit readers' attention this weekend, as well as some national items which caught Grits' eye:Prison guard beat handcuffed inmate to deathThe inmate beaten to death in the shower by a Huntsville prison guard this summer was handcuffed when he was attacked, reported the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger in an update. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 10:00 am
In light of ballistics evidence from a federal database leading to arrests in linked, gun-related crimes, the Houston Chronicle last week ran a feature on how an ATF initiative is using ballistics evidence compiled in a national database to solve gun crimes.But the story failed to acknowledge shortcomings with ballistics evidence and overstated the accuracy of firearms matching. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 6:07 am
Cobian was discovered “in the open doorway of his apartment” with multiple gunshot wounds, per Houston Chronicle reports. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 6:13 am
“Houston Police Assistant Chief Bill Dobbins lauded Adriana for protecting the other children, whose ages ranged from 4 to 10,” per Houston Chronicle reports. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 12:24 pm
Voters, press, overwhelmed by judicial race volumeRidiculously, "there are 75 contested judicial races alone on the November ballot" in Harris County, reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 10:05 am
Even the Chronicle's headline, "City Council may move to block sex robots near Galleria," raises so many questions ....Will Houston only prohibit sex robots near the Galleria, and if so why has it alone been designated a sex-robot free zone? [read post]
24 Sep 2018, 8:41 am
In an unsigned staff editorial, the Houston Chronicle complained that, "misplaced pride needlessly costs the lives of hundreds of people every year" because of DWI. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 1:12 pm
Winners included Anita Hassan, formerly of the Houston Chronicle and now a member of an investigative team at the Las Vegas Review-Journal; Eleanor Dearman of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times; Krista M. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 10:34 am
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention headed into the weekend:Toothless prisoners' liquid dietThe Texas prison system has all but stopped giving dentures to toothless inmates, preferring to put their food through a blender and feed them liquids, instead, reported the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 8:59 am
At the Houston Chronicle, St. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 8:57 am
See the story from Nina Hernandez at the Austin Chronicle. [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 9:20 am
But her episodic essays in the Houston Chronicle's Gray Matters column about earlier-in-life stints struggling with drug addiction, homelessness, and prison have been nothing short of excellent. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 5:22 am
It's been 375 days since the fiscal year ended and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice still has not issued its annual statistical report for FY 2017.Last year, the FY 2016 report came out in April.That is all.UPDATE: TDCJ told the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger the report may be out as early as next week. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 4:52 am
See more from the Marshall Project.More guards framing prisoners for disciplinary casesKeri Blakinger at the Houston Chronicle has yet another example of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison guards proactively setting up innocent inmates for disciplinary infractions they didn't earn - in this case, allegedly planting drill bits in an inmate's cell then accusing him of hiding them. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 7:55 pm
appeared first on The Legal Chronicle. [read post]
Judge extends online ban on 3D gun blueprints; company begins selling flash-drive copies–ABA Journal
31 Aug 2018, 3:06 pm
The former law student, Cody Wilson, announced Tuesday that he is selling the blueprints through his company, Defense Distributed, despite Lasnik’s order, report the Associated Press, Ars Technica, the Austin American-Statesman and the Houston Chronicle. *** Read More… [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 2:14 pm
(Houston Chronicle) Did a security failure contribute to this violent Houston apartment robbery and are justice and compensation available to Mr. [read post]
