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28 Jan 2008, 1:44 am
The decision by the Bexar County DA to use needle exchange-related prosecutions for political grandstanding appears to be backfiring, at least to judge by the media response.National media are paying attention, and editorial boards around the state are beginning to take potshots at Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed's use of prosecutorial discretion to charge three Christian needle exchange activists with Class A… [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 11:55 am
In 2010, the criminal defense attorney challenged incumbent DA Susan Reed who was then known as “The Toughest Woman in Town. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 11:55 am
In 2010, the criminal defense attorney challenged incumbent DA Susan Reed who was then known as “The Toughest Woman in Town. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 7:39 am
I don't," said Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 7:25 am
A wealthy trial lawyer from Corpus Christi will give up to $600,000 to Nico LaHood, the Democratic challenger to Susan Reed for Bexar County District Attorney, to purchase TV advertising, the SA Express-News reported. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 12:44 am
And it's why the hubris of one District Attorney with apparently too much time on her hands shouldn't stop the project from going forward.See prior related Grits coverage:Bexar officials should blow off DA's needle exchange gripesProsecutors disagree whether Bexar DA justified in blocking needle exchangeBexar county judge elated to pioneer first Texas needle exchangeWow! [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 3:14 am
Good for the District Attorney, that was the right move. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 1:52 am
Those tracking the saga of Bexar County DA Susan Reed's efforts to stop a legislatively approved needle exchange pilot should be sure to read Karen Brooks' story this morning in the Dallas News. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 7:58 am
Texas Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff Wentworth has requested that Attorney General Greg Abott determine whether participants in a legislatively authorized needle exchange pilot in Bexar County can be prosecuted as Bexar District Attorney Susan Reed has threatened to do. [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 8:20 pm
Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed has issued this report on the case of Ruben Cantu, a likely innocent executed by Texas. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 8:44 am
I rolled back into town this afternoon to discover press coverage about a new report by Bexar County DA Susan Reed on the Ruben Cantu case (see prior Grits coverage) that, to me, shows why the Legislature should have acted this Spring to create an Innocence Commission to evaluate such cases.Cantu was executed 12 years ago, but the sole witness in the case recanted in 2005 saying his original eyewitness identification was coerced by police. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 7:45 am
It is time to balance the scales of justice for all defendants in Bexar County. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 10:54 am
Reduce proportional detention of pretrial misdemeanor defendants to the levels in those cities, and it would free up resources to focus on inmates the county has no choice but to detain.Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff estimated that the jail could save $10,000 per day if local police and the county sheriff would use authority granted by the Legislature in 2007 to issue summons instead of arresting for certain low-level misdemeanors, but the move was blocked by… [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 7:52 am
A couple of different folks have now told me to watch Democrat Nico Lahood out of Bexar County as a strong challenger to incumbent Republican DA Susan Reed. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 7:30 am
But Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed, who herself was ousted earlier this month in the general election, threatened to prosecute volunteers who participated in the pilot, effectively rescinding the Legislature's permission under authority of the executive branch. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 5:33 am
While Texas' MSM seemed in a veritable frenzy over the non-race for governor, the three races I was most interested in all turned out to be pretty close, with two upsets out of three District Attorneys races in Texas' three largest cities. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 3:08 pm
But then-District Attorney Susan Reed vowed to prosecute government employees (or anyone else) associated with the program, then-Attorney General Greg Abbott agreed she could do so, even though the Legislature had authorized it, and so the program never got off the ground.However, in the wake of losing his primary election, Bexar County DA Nico Lahood is reversing his predecessor's position and giving the go-ahead to a… [read post]
2 Sep 2007, 10:35 am
It's worth mentioning that, though she's been less vocal and boisterous than John Bradley about her reasons, Bexar DA Susan Reed opposed her county's needle exchange pilot going forward, threatening to prosecute participants despite legislative approval. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 1:26 am
"Lupe" Flores said the county's misdemeanor judges are working with the district attorney's office to develop new procedures. [read post]
3 May 2012, 7:29 am
District Judge Fred Biery, based in San Antonio, granted a stay in response to the civil rights suit brought by Dow against District Attorney Susan Reed. [read post]
