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25 Aug 2016, 10:43 am
Here's a quick roundup of items which merit Grits readers attention even if they haven't made it into independent posts:The Houston Chronicle's Mike Ward explained to KUT "Why Texas could close even more prisons. [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm
Free speech hero Flemming Rose’s acceptance speech on winning the 2016 Cato Institute Friedman Prize; “A Timeline of Attacks on Free Speech” is one of many features of new book Defending Free Speech, edited by Steve Simpson and highly recommended by figures including Harvey Silverglate, Flemming Rose, and Tara Smith [Ayn Rand Institute] “Never Mind Peter Thiel; Gawker Killed Itself” [Simon Dumenco, Ad Age] That “prospect of financial ruin based on amorphous… [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 9:20 am
New executive director Brian Collier told the Houston Chronicle that cutting further would require "reductions in convict health care, meals, as well as prison and parole operations. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 10:57 am
The Court of Criminal Appeals would create rules to implement these processes.Related: From the Houston Chronicle, "Bail system is unjust and undermines public safety. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 10:01 am
District Court here in Houston this past May by local attorney Neal S. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 12:00 pm
(The Houston Chronicle) Security Failure? [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 4:11 pm
,” written by Dane Schiller and published by the Houston Chronicle on November 4, 2015 (a story that includes the 2014 DEA Report, 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary). [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 9:05 pm
An extraordinary tale of fraud and justice: Second Circuit puts definitive kibosh on tainted $9 billion Chevron/Ecuador judgment [decision, Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, our coverage over many years] “Attorney Who Took Chevron to Court for $18 Billion Suspended by Amazon Defense Front” [Roger Parloff, Fortune] New Zealand accords legal personality to river and former national park through treaty settlements with Maori groups [New York Times] “The looting of Volkswagen: The… [read post]
6 Aug 2016, 11:52 am
Harris County DA Jails Victim of Sex Assault to Secure Testimony at Trial So, it should not be surprising that prosecutors sought, and secured, a court order to have a a rape victim locked up in jail over the last Christmas holiday season after what the Houston Chronicle called “a psychological breakdown” while testifying about her 2013 sexual assault. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 1:49 pm
Instead, as the Houston Chronicle put it last week:The Chronicle editorial page does not typically endorse early in an election cycle; we prefer waiting for the campaign to play out and for issues to emerge and be addressed. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 7:03 am
Or at least that's what you'd take away from this item in the Houston Press, in which Meagan Flynn localized the story of Amanda Woog's new death-in-custody database to focus on deaths at the Harris County Jail. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 9:42 pm
The court’s 71-page decision chronicles the coordinated retaliatory campaign orchestrated by Brain and Cook that led to Robbins’ suspension and firing by the employee benefit plan as well as the termination of Cook by his employer, Zenith.. [read post]
25 Jul 2016, 2:00 pm
However, here are the top figures: (ljs) Renu KhatorUniversity of Houston $1,300,000... [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 6:58 am
Reported the local paper: "A Chronicle review of recent Houston-area chases from April through June found 13 crashes over 13 weeks that led to six deaths and nine injuries. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 4:56 am
Houston PD "averages two high-speed chases per day," according to the Chronicle. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 12:51 pm
(The Houston Chronicle) Security Lapse? [read post]
7 Jul 2016, 6:52 am
"Prosecutor misconduct alleged in capital caseThis headline to a July 4 Houston Chronicle story effectively summed up some remarkable allegations which surfaced this week in Houston: "Prosecutors accused of hiding evidence, inventing testimony in death penalty case: Witnesses say prosecutors coerced them. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 5:46 am
According to the Houston Chronicle (July 1), "Stuck in limbo: Feds say jails need separate housing for youngest inmates":The Harris County Sheriff's Office has run afoul of a federal law aimed at reducing sexual assaults in jails, leaving 17-year-old inmates with virtually no place to go while awaiting trial in adult court.The county's jail doesn't have room in its overcrowded facility to carve out a separate space for inmates under 18, who must be … [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 3:07 am
This week’s Houston Chronicle reports on how Harris County prosecutors allegedly forced four (that’s right, FOUR) witnesses to testify as they were instructed. [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 8:23 am
(Houston Chronicle) Parking Lot Security Lapse? [read post]
