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9 Jan 2012, 1:27 pm by Alan Ackerman
Houston Chronicle ETC NGL Transport LLC's proposed Justice pipeline was set to run through the 144-acre Clear Creek nature preserve, a favorite stop for migratory birds and a remnant of a disappearing habitat. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 6:32 am by Rania Combs
While I was in Houston over the Holidays, I read an article in the Houston Chronicle that illustrates the unintended consequences of not having a will. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 6:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports the Houston Chronicle's Mike Morris this morning ("Thanks to less crowding, overflow inmates staying in Harris"):Dropping inmate numbers at the Harris County Jail will let the county end its nearly 5-year-old practice of shipping overflow inmates to Louisiana and other Texas counties within days, Sheriff Adrian Garcia said this week.The jail population has fallen 31 percent since 2008, to 8,573 inmates. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 1:45 pm
An op-ed in the Houston Chronicle pleads for an end to prosecutorial misconduct.An editorial in the Buffalo News urges legislators to make more progress against the problem of wrongful convictions.Florida's Innocence Commission contemplates the pitfalls of informant testimony.A new review of wrongful convictions shows that false confessions trigger additional errors. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 7:10 am by Kali Borkoski
Taylor, Jr. for the Brennan Center for Justice and Gary Scharrer of the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 4:44 am by Steven M. Gursten
Truck accident attorney says in Michigan, it’s likely worse I had a friend and truck accident attorney from Texas send me an article from the Houston Chronicle about unsafe trucks. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Turf wars may scuttle the idea of an independent crime lab in Houston separate and apart from law enforcement, to judge by the response to the mayor's inaugural address ("Parker wants HPD to give up control of crime lab," Houston Chronicle, Jan. 5):Two of Mayor Annise Parker's goals for her second term, as outlined in her inaugural address this week, may hinge on the cooperation of Harris County.Parker said she intends to take the city's… [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 10:48 am by Rebecca Anderson
 Among Penn Law contributors, top posts included:   Professor Anita Allen’s argument about the virtues of certain kinds of government-mandated privacyProfessor Theodore Ruger’s analysis of preemption issues raised by recent vaccine injury litigationProfessor David Skeel’s commentary on the challenges of implementing the Dodd Frank Act.RegBlog posts have been cited in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, Bloomberg… [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 5:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This case is precisely an example of that.Harris DA primary battle marred by challenger misstepsAt the Houston Chronicle, Brian Rogers analyzes the primary battle to unseat incumbent DA Pat Lykos. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 5:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Check out these links from the Texas Public Policy Foundation's most recent e-newsletter from their Center for Effective Justice:New TPPF Publications   “Ten Truths About Juvenile Justice Reform” by Jeanette Moll   ”The Texas Model: Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Reform” by Marc Levin and Jeanette Moll   “The Texas Model: Adult Corrections Reform” by Marc Levin … [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 9:45 am by Steve Hall
"Stop the prosecutorial misconduct," is the title of an OpEd by Houston criminal defense attorney Robert Fickman in the Houston Chronicle of December 31. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 3:56 pm by Nonprofit Blogger
An AP story in the Houston Chronicle reports a growing need for - and growing development of - low-income housing for GLBTQ seniors. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 3:52 pm
The Houston Chronicle quoted HPD Captain Carl Driskell in relaying the information about the stepped up patrols. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 3:52 pm
The Houston Chronicle quoted HPD Captain Carl Driskell in relaying the information about the stepped up patrols. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 11:01 am by Rick Hasen
This item appears at the Kuff’s World blog of the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 5:20 am
"Houston man whose case advanced gay rights dies": This obituary appears today in The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 3:30 am by Sergio Leal
The Houston Chronicle also reported that: Policyholders with Allstate Fire and Casualty could face an increase of an average 9.8 percent. [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 8:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As the year's biggest criminal justice story, several publications recently issued end-of-the-year retrospectives on the event:Texas Tribune: "Murder cases put 'junk science' in the spotlight"Austin Chronicle: "Williamson County Injustice"Houston Chronicle: "Special holiday for lawyer John Raley, innocent client"Now that Morton's defense team has released their prosecutorial misconduct report (pdf), as a pure news story the… [read post]