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6 Dec 2010, 10:39 pm by Jeff Gamso
  Brian Rogers, in the Houston Chronicle, described that decision, made by the elected prosecutor, Pat Lykos as alast-ditch strategy to end state District Judge Kevin Fine's judicial inquiry into the procedures surrounding the state's death penalty statute. [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]
12 Mar 2012, 5:57 pm by Mark Bennett
First, the politics angle: The HCRP supports incumbent Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
David Jennings thinks the allegations against Harris County DA Pat Lykos amount to a witch hunt, while Mark Bennett thinks Lykos has more to account for than she's done so far. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:32 pm by Mark Bennett
Pat Lykos does not like unauthorized people speaking for the DA's Office. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 11:21 am by Jeff Gamso
  Specifically Harris County (which is Houston) where someone (and quite clearly not a representative of District Attorney Pat Lykos's office) seems to have told a grand jury that it's not just the prosecutor's tool.Here, and I'm going to try to make this short and simple, is the backstory. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:40 pm by Lovechilde
  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended against clemency yesterday, leaving Buck's fate in the hands of Governor Rick Perry, who has the power to grant a 30-day reprieve, and District Attorney Pat Lykos, who can seek to withdraw the execution date. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 7:32 pm by Steve Hall
" Here's a timeline of the Harris County District Attorney's Office attempts to derail the hearing: In April, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos filed a motion asking Judge Kevin Fine to be recused. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 8:21 am by Steve Hall
Since 2009, three of the defendants have had their lives spared after Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos allowed them to plead guilty in exchange for stacked life sentences. [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 2:15 am
I didn't watch the debate on this bill so I don't know if they just thought it wasn't needed or if nobody brought it up.An example that arose soon after session, however, raised this issue somewhat prominently: This summer somebody created a funny but rather mean-spirited Twitter site in the name of Harris County DA Pat Lykos, changing it to FakePatLykos (which is still active) after the DA complained and Twitter shut it down.It was just a gag and nobody with half a… [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]
7 Jan 2009, 7:40 am
Whether Harris County will continue to limit its use of capital punishment is unknown: A new district attorney, former judge Pat Lykos, took office after the resignation of the previous district attorney, and observers aren't sure how strong her appetite is for capital punishment. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 9:00 am
Representative Michael McCaul and Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 2:19 am
"New Harris DA Pat Lykos offered mostly pragmatic objections to the idea, which, while less than supportive, contrasted starkly to the lock-em-up priorities of her predecessor. [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]
9 Jun 2009, 2:11 pm
A Houston Chronicle editorial urges the county's reform-minded district attorney, Pat Lykos, to add excessive reliance on juvenile waivers to the list of troubling prosecutorial practices she needs to address. [read post]