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15 Jan 2009, 3:11 am
See an account of Dallas County DA Craig Watkins speech this week to the Texas prosecutors association, but some of them didn't think they needed to hear his message. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 7:02 am
Glenna Whitley points out that this is no doubt the first of many such lawsuits that will be filed in the near future.Dallas DA guest bloggingOn DallasBlog, Dallas DA Craig Watkins makes the case for why he needs full funding for 68 new employees to keep his office progressing forward the way it should. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 5:54 am
" Garcia called for seeking a "new consensus" on pretrial detention for nonviolent offenders, but his suggestions to solve the problem via "monitoring technology for ankle bracelets" would require substantial increased staffing the Sheriff doesn't have.GOP won't go after Craig WatkinsReporting on a conversation with the Dallas County GOP party chair, Dallas News columnist Gromer Jeffers says that "unless Ronald Reagan rises from the grave, Republicans… [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 7:50 am
"I'm not surprised," said Craig Watkins, the underfunded and often written-off Democrat who rode a rising Democratic tide to edge out his better-funded Republican rival, Toby Shook, with 50.9 percent of the vote. [read post]
1 May 2012, 8:09 am by Steve Hall
State District Judge Susan Hawk and District Attorney Craig Watkins shook their hands and apologized for the miscarriage of justice. [read post]
18 May 2008, 1:15 pm
I'm amazed Dallas DA Craig Watkins' office pursued that line of argument, and more amazed still that a judge bought into it.According to Chapter 22.05 of the penal code, an offender engages in "deadly conduct" if "he recklessly engages in conduct that places another in imminent danger of serious bodily injury. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 11:48 pm
The prosecutor congratulated Waller: “I’m sorry that happened to you, man,” Craig Watkins, the county’s new district attorney, told Mr. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 11:31 am by Walter Reaves
  I'm a big fan of Craig Watkins and the work he has done in ensuring justice for those who have been wrongly convicted. [read post]
9 May 2010, 11:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins referred questions about why Autrey was free to Kevin Brooks, the district attorney's felony trial bureau chief. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 9:08 am
But the stakes are high on many levels and if more voters split tickets locally because of the Sheriff's race, GOP leaders hope they can stifle Democratic gains among Dallas judgeships from the 2006 election, possibly even creating an electoral roadmap for challenging popular District Attorney Craig Watkins in 2010.One problem with this blame game in the Sheriff's race is that funding from the county commissioners court - not any decision the Sheriff makes - remains the… [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 9:25 am
As of this writing, Sheriff Valdez in particular has failed to creatively lead her department in new directions, particularly when compared to Craig Watkins' national-class performance. [read post]
8 Mar 2009, 5:23 am
My source wouldn't handicap the outcome.In the Northern District, this source said rumors have floated about:Terri Moore, Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins first assistant Sarah Saldana, who my source described as "smart and tough and progressive"Mike Snipes, an Iraqi war vet, West Point graduate, former AUSA in the Northern DistrictHowever, "the word is that Roger Williams has it locked up. [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 8:31 am
I'm hopeful that, if his proposal makes it through, lawmakers will give the new unit enough teeth to make it worthwhile. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As she told the audience in a candidate forum co-sponsored by Just Liberty:Indeed, Faith Johnson has prosecuted more cops for shooting people in two years than former Craig Watkins, who criticized her in the Dallas News story, prosecuted in 8. [read post]
8 May 2008, 7:09 pm
Under District Attorney Craig Watkins, Dallas has begun a program in which law students, supervised by the Innocence Project of Texas, are reviewing hundreds of requests by inmates for post-conviction DNA testing. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 8:27 am
And: Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins on his struggles with the death penalty:     "I sit here and I see the worst, the worst of what humans can do. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 1:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Governor, doing his best Don Quixote impersonation.Among sitting District Attorneys, Dallas' Craig Watkins has a big bullseye on his back. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Two judges dissented, but apparently not in writing.Craig Watkins' wish listKERA-TV details Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins' legislative agenda for 2011. [read post]