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30 Jun 2010, 5:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos was especially full of excellent ideas today, as mentioned in the previous post, but in particular I should highlight her suggestion that the state authorize "detox centers besides jail," so that every intoxicated person doesn't automatically become a criminal defendant.I think that's a terrific idea. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 4:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A big problem: State jail time is served day for day so offenders - even those with mental illness or other reentry barriers - are not supervised and don't have access to services available to parolees.Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos readily (and surprisingly, to me) agreed, telling McReynolds that "state jails were ill-conceived from the very beginning. [read post]
27 May 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
“It is the finding of this court that the totality of evidence does not support the state's motion to recuse Judge Fine nor that his impartiality might be reasonably questioned,” Gist wrote.Gist said he filed the denial Tuesday, but clerks said they had not received it until Wednesday.On April 1, Harris County's District Attorney Pat Lykos asked that Fine be recused after he ruled that the Texas capital murder statute violates due process provisions of the… [read post]
26 May 2010, 6:52 pm by Mark Bennett
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos catching flak because grand juries are no-billing more cases (2.166% of cases filed in 2009, compared to 1.505% of cases filed in 2008) (KHOU-TV). [read post]
3 May 2010, 6:44 am by carie
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]
29 Apr 2010, 4:31 am by SHG
Nothing happened, of course, until the Pat Lykos was provided a video from nearby Uncle Bob's Self Storage. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 8:02 am by Steve Hall
In the motion to remove Fine, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos wrote that Fine "has clearly articulated beliefs and opinions that reveal his partiality and bias against both the death penalty statute and the state's application of that statute in this case. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 11:31 pm by Jeff Gamso
The one who said that the procedures for imposing the death penalty in Texas are unconstitutional, clarified that decision, then rescinded it but scheduled a hearing on actual innocence for April 27.Bennett is first out of the box with the news that on Thursday, Pat Lykos, the District Attorney for Harris County, filed a motion to recuse. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 9:26 pm by Mark Bennett
Which, with all due respect to Pat Lykos, who signed the motion, and to my friends who actually wrote it, is a really boneheaded thing to put down on paper. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 10:38 am by Steve Hall
The county's district attorney, Pat Lykos, rejects the notion that Houston has become a death penalty-free zone. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 6:27 am by Ashby Jones
According to the Chron, Pat Lykos, Harris County’s district attorney, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Gov. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
Fine maintained at the hearing that he believes innocent people have been executed.Fine's clarification came in the wake of a firestorm of criticism from District Attorney Pat Lykos, the Texas Attorney General's Office and Gov. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:03 pm by Mark Bennett
More news, documents, and analysis of Kevin Fine’s order holding the Texas death penalty procedure statute, Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, unconstitutional: Yesterday I brought you the motion, and the order Judge Fine signed. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 9:22 am by Steve Hall
And: District Attorney Pat Lykos, who has been in office for little more than a year, declined to comment on Phillips' conclusions about the past administration. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:48 am by Steve Hall
Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment and guaranteeing the right of due process.Green, 23, is accused of fatally shooting a Houston woman and wounding her sister on June 16, 2008.Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos issued a statement disagreeing with Fine's ruling. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 6:43 pm by Mark Bennett
The Houston Press posted on it, complete with quotes from Brian Wice, Casey Kiernan, and Pat Lykos. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 12:50 pm by Herman Martinez
I am not sure if Pat Lykos, Harris County District Attorney, will be attending the Houston Rodeo this year, but if she is she most likely is hoping to rope some drunk drivers in during the month of March. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:08 pm by Mark Bennett
Pat Lykos brought some civil lawyers into the DA’s Office, people like The Lateral Hire. [read post]