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20 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Though Texas Governor Rick Perry said he was not sure that what had occurred was “inhumane,” the consensus appears to be that this botched execution was indeed inhumane and shockingly so. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:02 am
Rick Perry (R) used his line-item veto authority to zero out appropriations for the Travis County Public Integrity Unit, a watchdog that investigates criminal activity in state government, including the governor’s office. [read post]
16 May 2014, 9:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At that point, the costs of obeying PREA on the front end may, in retrospect, look like a bargain.See related Grits posts:More on Texas' PREA compliance Potential civil liability for failing to comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act Radio news questions Perry PREA stance in light of consultant's report Consultant: TDCJ 'receptive' to prison rape recommendations, 'confident' proposed solutions were 'reasonable and viable' Who is advising Rick… [read post]
7 May 2014, 7:30 am by Joe May
Texas: “Rick Perry addresses ethics probe” by The Associated Press in Politico. [read post]
4 May 2014, 6:16 am
I see that Christie — along with Rick Perry — is there as a guest of CNN. [read post]
1 May 2014, 4:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry told the Court of Criminal Appeals' Criminal Justice Integrity Unit Thursday afternoon. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 7:36 am
Anyway, buried in that column — if you care about the thoughts of (speaking of old losers) Dick Morris — is some pushing of Scott Walker:Walker... is interesting because he has been, hands down, the best Republican governor in recent years. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 7:28 am by Jim Sedor
Rick Perry carried out to veto funding for the Public Integrity Unit under Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 10:57 am by Susan I. Nelson
John Raley’s metered persistence exemplifies the moral courage depicted by Atticus Finch, the attorney in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird.The case led to Governor of Texas Rick Perry signing into law the Michael Morton Act designed to remove barriers for accessing evidence and more open discovery. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 12:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry's letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder telling him Texas wouldn't comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, I sent open records requests to the Governor's office and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice asking for "copies of any report by the 'consultant referred to TDCJ by the PREA Resource Center' referenced in Gov. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 1:10 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The MSM has begun to pick up the story, first broken on Grits last week, about Governor Rick Perry defiantly refusing to comply with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 9:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  Governor Perry had over 10 years to send this letter prior to the standards being set. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 5:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Governor Rick Perry today sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder, forwarded by a confidant to your correspondent, declaring Texas would not comply. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 3:27 pm
While a bipartisan bill that banned texting reached Governor Rick Perry's desk, he vetoed the bill due to an expressed belief that it was overreach. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
  Their pleas to Texas Governor Rick Perry and to the Supreme Court fell on deaf ears. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 12:51 pm
Half (50%) say Governor Rick Perry is very or somewhat believable regarding the same issues and four in ten (43%) say he is not very or not at all believable. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 1:30 pm by Georgialee Lang
Fortunately, there is now talk of a state judicial investigation and Change.org have started a petition directed at Texas governor, Rick Perry, calling for the release of Mr. [read post]