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9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm
If the board or Abbott denies his request, Spencer could be running out of chances. ...Dozens have written to the parole board in support of Spencer’s pardon, including lawmakers and exonerees who served time with him.But the letter that could have the most impact is from Craig Watkins, who served as Dallas County’s district attorney for eight years before leaving office Dec. 31.Watkins had opposed Spencer in the 2007 hearing before Magnis. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 11:27 am
Prosecutorial Misconduct Allegations Against Four Top Texas District Attorneys: Update Texas Top Prosecutors In Trouble: Dallas DA Craig Watkins, Austin DA Rosemary Lehmberg, Corpus Christi ex DA Anna Jimenez, Williamson County ex DA Ken Anderson – How Big is Prosecutorial Misconduct Problem in Texas? [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 8:07 am
Scripps News Service posted a feature yesterday by Isaac Wolf titled, "Dallas leads the way in addressing wrongful convictions," crediting outgoing Dallas DA Craig Watkins and former police chief David Kunkle in particular for implementing science-based eyewitness identification standards before the Texas Legislature required departments to create such policies. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 7:53 am
The DA who famously bought a margarita machine with forfeiture funds lost his next election, he pointed out, also citing Dallas DA Craig Watkins misspending of asset-forfeiture funds as a contributor to his recent ouster. [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 10:51 am
The problem is exacerbated by understaffing.County jails and local property taxesCounty jails drive county property tax increases and pit Big-Government Conservatives with the small-government variety, which is why the debate over jail expansion in Burleson County has been so divisive.Ruh RohThe feds are auditing outgoing Dallas DA Craig Watkins' asset forfeiture funds.Bicyclist's helmet cam captured deputy's misconductCivil litigation in Dallas over a trumped up… [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 8:53 am
It may be just as well Dallas DA Craig Watkins lost his re-election bid. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 10:48 am
There was an important news update out of Craig Watkins’ office that may have been overshadowed yesterday, what with all the November 2014 Election coverage and the scoop that Watkins lost his job to Republican challenger Susan Hawk. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 5:33 am
But LaHood could buy all the TV he wanted and Craig Watkins generated his own bad press. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 7:20 am
Is Craig Watkins in electoral trouble? [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 1:52 pm
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins agreed Tuesday morning to overturn the convictions of Stanley O. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:33 am
The Dallas Morning News endorsed Republican Susan Hawk for District Attorney over incumbent Craig Watkins in an editorial which concluded:Watkins, 46, relied even more on straight-ticket Democratic votes in his narrow 2010 re-election win. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 2:46 pm
Craig Watkins’ office promised to provide details of Watkins’ official position at a later date. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 7:21 am
In Dallas, where I'd already thought the race would be close, Gromer Jeffers at the Dallas News reported that challenger Susan Hawk has out-fundraised Craig Watkins roughly 5-1 and is running TV ads, which are "a rarity for a countywide race, and will be following up with direct mail and other contacts to nudge voters to go to the polls. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 12:32 pm
This attitude apparently includes our District Attorney, since Craig Watkins announced last week that he planned on charging Thomas Eric Duncan with aggravated assault. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 8:22 am
Under an “open file” policy adopted by District Attorney Craig Watkins in 2008, attorneys filing a writ can view the file while preparing their case. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 5:24 am
The US Attorney in Washington, D.C. is creating a conviction integrity unit modeled on Dallas DA Craig Watkins successes in Dallas and a similar unit in New York. [read post]
13 Sep 2014, 3:06 pm
If Dallas DA Craig Watkins' office hadn't voluntarily opened up its files in this case, the underlying prosecutorial misconduct would never have been discovered.It's also worth mentioning that the original case relied heavily on jailhouse informants, but if the case were retried today that testimony would have to be corroborated. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 12:59 pm
To me, the two most interesting partisan* races on the November ballot in Texas have to be the contests for District Attorney in the state's two largest counties.Craig Watkins under fireGlad to see Dallas DA Craig Watkins standing firm against police union backlash versus his decision that the DA's Office would henceforth investigate all police shootings in his jurisdiction. [read post]
16 Aug 2014, 6:07 am
I admire Dallas DA Craig Watkins' work on innocence issues but some of his other decisions can be hard to square, like this item from the Dallas Morning News (Aug. 16). [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 11:38 am
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins Dallas DA was found in contempt of court for not giving testimony at a hearing into his possible prosecutorial misconduct by District Court Judge Lena Levario because he refused to testify in her courtroom at a hearing on possible prosecutorial misconduct in the filing of mortgage fraud criminal charges against Al Hill III. 2. [read post]
