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3 May 2012, 10:30 am
Here's this week's round up of forensic news: Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos, has publicly disclosed issues that a controlled substances analyst has been suspended for problems in casework. [read post]
2 May 2012, 8:41 am
I have 10 years in family law courts of Harris County and the contigious County. [read post]
1 May 2012, 8:29 am
Indeed, whether primary voters agree with that sentiment - that an aggressive prosecutorial mindset exerts too much influence over a bloated and inefficient justice system - may determine the outcome of both this and the other two races described in this post, and arguably the Harris County DAs race as well. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 6:57 am
They're calling it a "rocket docket," which is a term usually reserved for plea-mill scenarios as opposed to taking cases to trial.Reduced jail pop credited with passed inspectionThe Harris County Sheriff credited the decline in inmate numbers for helping the Harris County Jail pass inspection this year Prison chapel isn't open courtA trial held in a prison chapel does not satisfy the requirement for an open court, ruled the… [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 3:29 pm
Exceeding the national trend, Texas jail populations have reduced 9.5% overall since 2008, according to the Commission on Jail Standards, with Harris and Bexar Counties registering especially significant declines. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 5:19 am
"The rigidity of these rules contributes to high pre-trial detention rates in Harris County and exacerbates the County's budget woes. [read post]
22 Apr 2012, 9:10 am
Overall, juvenile crime trends in Texas are quite encouraging. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 7:09 am
In others - the Harris County BAT van fiasco comes to mind - prosecutors can be intensely reluctant to open such a can of worms.The Post offers detailed descriptions demonstrating the long slow trajectory of truth when it comes to correcting inaccurate forensics, starting with the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 6:16 pm
Here is defense lawyer Bill Hawkins’s motion to dismiss, which was written for an unknown audience (Hawkins didn’t know what judge would be hearing the case) and so is a good broad summary of Texas contempt law. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 9:27 am
And: Roe Wilson, chief of the Harris County District Attorney's post-conviction writ division, said "unusual beliefs" do not necessarily mean a killer is incompetent to be executed. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 10:57 pm
Johnson at the Dispute Resolution Center of Harris County, the arbitrator issued an award in Haynes's favor for $136,410.60, plus pre and post-judgment interest. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 10:57 pm
Johnson at the Dispute Resolution Center of Harris County, the arbitrator issued an award in Haynes's favor for $136,410.60, plus pre and post-judgment interest. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 5:57 pm
Last Friday 15 TSA agents joined officers of the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the METRO Police Department, and the Precinct Seven Constable's Office in "a synchronized, counter-terrorism exercise that focused on bus stops and shelters and transit centers. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 6:11 am
In Houston, the Harris County Commissioners Court and the City Council are missing a huge opportunity to collaborate on a new, independent crime lab, letting partisan and personal differences interfere with the best interests of the public. [read post]
15 Apr 2012, 10:01 pm
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison," wrote Henry David Thoreau in Civil Disobedience. [read post]
7 Apr 2012, 6:33 pm
(A quick refresher on privilege in Texas criminal cases. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 5:31 am
The Development of the Harris County Public Defender’s Office In August 2010, the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense awarded Harris County a $4.1 million grant to establish a Public Defender Pilot Program. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 2:44 am
But with billions of dollars at stake and the new project under way before the rules are even written, decisions made over the next few months are causing anxiety in many Harris County hospitals. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 8:27 am
According to the Texas Tribune, for example, the federal government has declared Harris County a primary care physician shortage zone. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 5:40 am
Empty, speculative jails in TexasPrivatizing Harris County Jail would save money by cutting guard pay, benefits Jailing for profit spurs inmate releases in two Texas countiesWhen fewer inmates is a big problem: Perverse incentives at the McLennan County Jail Jones County pays for empty jail as detention bubble bursts [read post]
