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9 May 2008, 7:25 am
Just wanted to mention a couple more highlights from yesterday's "Innocence Summit" in the Texas Chambers before putting my notes away:Robert Wilonsky cited AP for the money quote from Dallas DA Craig Watkins' presentation, that "It can be argued that Texas ... may have one of the worst criminal justice systems in this country. [read post]
8 May 2008, 11:18 am
Harris County ADA Roe Wilson is about to speak. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 8:27 am
"I think it raises the issue that we ought to have an honest debate about the death penalty," Watkins said.The Houston Chronicle reports, "Harris County gets ready to execute 6 killers," written by a team of Chronicle journalists.Jordan Steiker, a University of Texas law professor who argued a death penalty case before the Supreme Court last year, said the court's ruling doesn't necessarily slam the door on appeals against lethal… [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 10:25 am
La Frontera, 9744 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas17. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 9:46 am
State of Indiana (NFP) Greg Watkins v. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 3:35 pm
Finally, Kelly said that Dallas DA Craig Watkins "has got some good ideas. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 10:56 am
He ran third behind Rosenthal in the 2000 GOP primary for Harris County DA. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
Even more importantly, the Legislature ponied up more than $200 million to expand drug treatment and intermediate sanctions facilities that give courts new tools to combat substance abuse and reduce recidivism among chronic low-level offenders.Exonerations Inspire Dallas DA to Team Up with Innocence ProjectDallas District Attorney Craig Watkins reacted to a string of DNA exonerations in his county quite differently from his predecessor: Rather than fight fact-based exonerations tooth and… [read post]
29 Dec 2007, 7:17 pm
Just this month, Houston's Harris County announced a partnership with the Innocence Project of Texas, examining 180 cases that have questionable crime lab work.If Watkins' philosophy spreads, Texas justice may never be the same. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 9:25 am
In November, Harris County voters rejected new jail bonds by a 51-49 margin; today the county rents 600 beds from a private facility in Louisiana. [read post]
9 Dec 2007, 12:26 pm
After you get past Houston, even well before you get to the Sabine River marking the border with Louisiana, it's easy to forget how much water gushes down toward the Gulf of Mexico in the stretch of country between Harris County and Baton Rouge, where you finally cross the Mississippi. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 7:39 am
The New York Cerebral Palsy Resource Guide contains resources for individuals with cerebral palsy within the State of New York. [read post]
1 Nov 2007, 8:23 am
A spokeswoman for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said the office will ask to withdraw the date if the Supreme Court has not ruled by then. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 10:48 pm
A spokeswoman for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said the office will ask to withdraw the date if the Supreme Court has not ruled by then. [read post]
27 Oct 2007, 5:14 am
And Harry Metcalfe, but he isn't a lawyer and so doesn't really matter. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 9:07 am
Harris, the state's most populous county, has 122 inmates on death row, themost by far. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 1:16 am
The board recommended a reprimand for lawyer Harry Levin, who warned a client that he would ask a judge to send her to a psychiatrist if she pursued an ethics grievance against him. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 2:30 pm
"One-thousand dollars per hour has symbolic significance," says Robert Rosenberg, a Latham & Watkins LLP partner who bills $925 an hour. [read post]
22 Jul 2007, 11:48 am
Counting pennies adds upIn Cherokee County, the local paper is calculating how much new state pay raises will mean to the local economy, mostly thanks to the preponderance of local prison employees and the state hospital for the criminally insane in Rusk.Innocence claim in Dallas won't receive DA Watkins' blessingDallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has made national headlines allowing DNA testing to move forward in old cases and acting swiftly to get innocent… [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 6:53 am
Charles Kuffner analyzes Harris County's jail bond proposal on the November ballot and wonders how they'll staff the facility when they can't find enough guards now.Truce may reduce violence in MexicoI've argued before that Mexican drug cartels themselves are the only entities powerful enough to stop drug-related violence in Mexico and on the border. [read post]
