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24 Mar 2013, 10:06 pm
As reported by The Houston Chronicle: Fort Worth area police are investigating whether two prep baseball players sacrificed chickens in a bid to improve their games.Apparently practicing more didn't occur to them? [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 2:52 pm
Kudos to the Houston Chronicle's Lisa Falkenberg for the first MSM coverage ("Area prosecutors interpret duties to justice differently," March 18) since the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals began tossing out convictions based on the fraudulent performance of Jonathan Salvador, who was fired from the DPS crime lab in Houston last year after it was discovered he faked results in identifying Alprazolam tablets. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 6:35 am
Here are several notable media items related to the anniversary:Law.com: 50 years ago 'Gideon' affirmed the right to counselThe Crime Report: Chasing Gideon NY Times: Gideon's muted trumpetNY Times: The Right to Counsel: Badly battered at 50 NPR: 50 years after key case, problems defending the poor persistThe Atlantic: Eric Holder: A 'state of crisis' for the right to counsel The Atlantic: In Texas, from a chief justice, welcome candor about unequal justice Houston… [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 9:13 am
The Houston Chronicle points to a report that 100,000 jobs will be produced in the U.S. by 2025 as a result of proliferating drone technologies. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 7:00 pm
Lisa Falkenberg at the Houston Chronicle last week ("Prosecutors need to be accountable for their actions," March 6) previewed the "we're the victim" mentality that will surely be on display by prosecutors when that bill comes up, offering the obvious rebuttal:In an ethics training video leaked recently by someone at the Harris County District Attorney's Office, the trainer, Rob Kepple, seems genuinely puzzled at one point by the question of why the topic of prosecutor… [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 4:53 am
See excellent Houston Chronicle coverage of the version that passed the Senate but died in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in 2011.Needless expansion of wiretap authorityAnother bill by Huffman, SB 188, would expand the array of law enforcement entities authorized to perform wiretaps.This is a solution looking for a problem. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 1:30 pm
The Houston Chronicle notes that hundreds of thousands of women have had transvaginal mesh devices implanted. [read post]
2 Mar 2013, 6:30 am
Not only did the Houston Chronicle editorial board harshly criticize a recent ethics training, Chron columnist Lisa Falkenberg offered up an item about the DA's office titled "'Intentional misconduct' no bar to top job?" [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:49 am
The Houston Chronicle's editorial board opined today on the training video from the Harris County DA's office recently posted online by GOP blogger Big Jolly (see here and here, and prior Grits coverage). [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 7:14 am
In Ex-UH Booster Fund Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, the Houston Chronicle reports that Brian Bjork, once an investment counselor and associate of the late David Salinas of... [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 10:38 am
The Austin Chronicle's Jordan Smith has a crackerjack, must-read story with the same title as this post on problems at police evidence rooms across the state and the implications for both the guilty and the innocent. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 10:15 am
“He might be completely joking, but he said they’re sleeping in tents outside,” the 19-year-old daughter of Mary and Matt Ramos told The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
27 Jan 2013, 9:22 am
Such stories inevitably ignore that the media's skewed coverage is one of the greatest contributors to false perceptions about crime.A typical example may be found in a Jan. 25 Houston Chronicle story titled, "Crime dips, but not everyone feels safe." [read post]
26 Jan 2013, 9:50 am
Timothy ColeThe Houston Chronicle has produced a remarkable interactive feature on Texas exonerees titled "A Human Tragedy," with photos and interviews of 24 Texas exonerees - some famous, others relatively obscure, but all having endured extraordinary and heart-wrenching personal journeys. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 9:12 am
I wrote about this in an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle on Saturday, which you can see here. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 5:45 am
A recent Houston Chronicle article behind their new paywall had the story of a judge who allegedly favored the prosecution so adamantly that she apparently couldn't help but give out friendly advice to help along a weak case. [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 12:10 am
A story in the Houston Chronicle brought back memories of a case in which my client, a 4 year marine veteran, was caught red handed with a pistol and nearly 9 ounces of cocaine on the streets of Houston back in 2004. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 3:18 pm
Though unrelated to the Customs service, the corruption angle provides an opportunity to link to a remarkable story from the Houston Chronicle about a Houston PD cop caught laundering cartel drug money: "Ex-HPD officer faces 25 years for running drug money." [read post]
22 Dec 2012, 5:44 am
The Houston Chronicle has an effective story ("Pardon gives Houston single mom a fresh start," Dec. 21) of a single mother who numbered among those receiving a pardon who's faced significant employment barriers as a result of a dubious criminal conviction, including denial to nursing school. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 8:48 am
An alleged Houston thief apparently used an inexpensive electronic hack revealed at the Blackhat conference this summer to defeat room locks and steal from the guests at three hotels, reported the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday.The company, Onity, has sold their locks to hotels worldwide, which are estimated to be used on 4 million hotel rooms globally. [read post]
