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8 Dec 2009, 10:51 pm
Mark Bennett at Defending People directs readers to new online tools making it easy to identify what cases an individual attorney has worked on in Harris County. [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 10:50 am
Jordan is currently the Chief Public Defender for Kaufman county. [read post]
31 Aug 2019, 7:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Austin City Council is presently considering whether to shift to a medical-led response in most instances, following the lead of a Dallas PD pilot program.'Cooking them to death'The Marshall Project and the Weather Channel teamed up to report on the effects of excessive heat in Texas prisons.Coming soon: New Travis County public defender officeGreat news: The Texas Indigent Defense Commission approved grant funding for a new… [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 11:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Clearly, the system is broken," said [Catherine Greene Burnett, vice president, associate dean and professor of law at the school], noting that the Harris County Public Defender's Office can only reasonably handle about 9 percent of indigent cases. [read post]
3 May 2017, 5:36 am by Michael Lowe
John Wiley Price Mistrial: Jury Unable to Reach a Verdict John Wiley Price returned to work as a Dallas County Commissioner this week as the jury in his federal criminal trial was unable to reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial. [read post]
16 Mar 2014, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Department HIPAA Violations Cost County $250,000, Requires Sweeping HIPAA Reforms Hear Update On Resolution Agreement & Other New HIPAA Developments At 3/18 North Texas Healthcare Professionals Association Meeting Skagit County, Washington will pay a $215,000 monetary settlement and work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program to settle potential… [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
While you're at it, stop your squabbling and create a public defender office to move cases faster. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 3:22 pm by Michael Lowe
The FBI, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and many North Texas Police agencies have hired this Polygrapher in the past, so his credibility will never be an issue in your case. 3. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 1:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
I mean part of what we're getting at later in this conversation is what's happening across the state, but that is starting to catch on around the state, and I think you're going to see more and more counties adopting that model of getting people appointed counsel or public defenders at that initial hearing. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 11:53 pm by AZ
” As a result, the county’s public defender has stated that his office is taking a look at all of the cases the fingerprint examiner worked on to determine if there was any wrongdoing that could have led to an innocent person being convicted of a crime. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 11:53 pm by AZ
” As a result, the county’s public defender has stated that his office is taking a look at all of the cases the fingerprint examiner worked on to determine if there was any wrongdoing that could have led to an innocent person being convicted of a crime. [read post]
6 May 2015, 11:14 am by Michael Lowe
Read, “Grand jury declines to indict popular Dallas officer for altercation with panhandler,” from yesterday’s Dallas Morning News. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 4:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That report included this notable news:Signs posted in Texas prison libraries in December tell inmates in English and Spanish about the issue and provide a Harris County post office box to which inmates may write if they believe their cases included this kind of DNA evidence.Bob Wicoff, head of the appellate division for the Harris County Public Defender's Office, said about five to seven letters arrive each day, but he anticipates the… [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 10:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Most homeless youth in Dallas County are girls, and nearly 60% are black, a study found. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 9:56 am by Michael Lowe
  The Secretary of State’s Office combines (1) each county’s list of registered voters with (2) those whose residence address on their Texas Driver’s License or Texas Identification Car is within the county’s jurisdiction, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 5:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A Dallas County judge in April gave former Officer David Sutton a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to a state jail felony for stealing $1,800 from the Santa Cops and Special Olympics programs. [read post]
6 Jan 2013, 10:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Meanwhile in Dallas (behind DMN paywall), "A 57-year-old prison inmate and career criminal is expected to be freed after a Texas appeals court agreed that Dallas County officials violated his right to a speedy trial by taking eight years to try him on a child-molestation charge." [read post]