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11 Oct 2010, 8:05 am
" However, when his nemesis Pat Lykos announced the DA's office would launch an investigation into the incident, Murray went ballistic, offering up a post called "The Shamelessness of Pat Lykos" and insisting that there is nothing prosecutors can do. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 8:05 am
In her tenure as District Attorney, Pat Lykos has done some really good things; she’s also done and said some really dumb stuff. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 6:09 pm
I have found that since Pat Lykos became the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas they have been granted with more frequency than in years past. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 1:58 pm
RELATED: A reader points out this story from the Titus County Jail about improper relations between a deputy and inmate and retaliation against a whistleblower who reported her.The Houston Chronicle praised Harris County DA Pat Lykos for launching an investigation into the suicide of a 13-year old who allegedly endured severe bullying. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 12:08 pm
. :)In preparation what we'll call, for lack of a better name, Flawed Forensic Science Week, I'm listening to some of the video from the Senate Criminal Justice Committee's September 7 hearing on forensic science, the first topic up that day, featuring Harris County DA Pat Lykos pleading for state funds to create a first-class regional crime lab in Houston (as opposed to the noble but failing and overtaxed second class lab they have now, was always the implication). [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 7:12 am
DA will look into Cy-Fair student’s suicide (Peggy O’Hare, Houston Chronicle): Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos said her office will investigate what led to the suicide of a 13-year-old Cypresswood-area boy whose parents said he suffered two years of intense bullying from other students at school. . [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 8:47 am
Pat Lykos and her posse went to Austin to fight for their power to prosecute a child for offering oral sex to a cop; does that make you feel safe? [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 10:13 am
In Dallas, District Attorney candidates are debating the proper method for calculating "conviction rates," but personally I agree with Harris County DA Pat Lykos who told the Dallas News: "she doesn't even calculate the rates. 'We seek justice,' Lykos said. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 12:59 pm
One theory I've heard is that the administration is setting Carl up for failure and ouster—after 16 months in office Pat Lykos should have known—and her seconds (former CDLs Jim Leitner and Roger Bridgwater) certainly knew—about Carl's tendency toward doctrinal rigor; when that rigor leads to misdemeanor prosecutions going to hell in a handbasket, Carl will be ushered into retirement. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 8:51 am
The Houston Chronicle reported recently about Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos’ call for an “emergency DNA lab. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 3:31 pm
" Good for Pat Lykos. [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 11:41 am
Allen Porter walked free an innocent man in Houston yesterday after DNA and fingerprint evidence convinced Harris County DA Pat Lykos to reopen the case after 19 years. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 9:48 am
In response to a query from Grits, Harris County DA Pat Lykos emailed me today with a little more detail on the idea she proposed at the House Corrections Committee hearing last month to create detox centers where police could take intoxicated people instead of jail. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 2:03 pm
Neither, most likely, did Jim Leitner, Pat Lykos, or anyone else from the DA’s Office. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 5:10 am
"In Harris County, District Attorney Pat Lykos' office allows one accused of drunken driving for the first time to plead guilty to the DWI offense and get a strict probated sentence in which he receives treatment, performs community service and abides by other conditions, including a lock on his auto ignition that tests for alcohol use before he can drive. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 4:36 pm
Though we'll see when I get back her written responses, what Judge Lykos is advocating doesn't sound that different from McReynolds' inspired suggestion.On mental health issues in particular, Lykos preferred to elaborate her views in writing. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 7:19 am
"Harris County DA Pat Lykos and Caprice Cosper, a former judge who now coordinates Harris County efforts to reduce jail crowding, were the most virulent critics of state jails at last week's hearing. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 11:21 am
And DA Pat Lykos recently suggested the county might create a "detox center" where people who are intoxicated could be taken instead of jail.In light of who's in the jail, and how often, efforts at reducing the jail population should focus on ramping up community-based supervision for that finite, high-risk population who enter the jail repeatedly. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 3:35 pm
Before I leave the subject of Wednesday's House Corrections Committee meeting, one more idea from Harris County DA Pat Lykos that might be more widely applicable. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:41 pm
She sat on death row for nearly 20 years.Bias denied, but . . .Most prosecutors and judges deny there's a bias, but the statistics show otherwise, said Streib, who publishes an annual report, Death Penalty for Female Offenders.Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos declined to comment on the issue because of pending death penalty cases, but other prosecutors who have handled capital cases involving women said they review them the same as they do those involving men. [read post]
