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6 Jul 2014, 5:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
An attorney at the Harris County public defender told the Houston Chronicle that housing civil-commitment offenders in secure lockups is "clearly illegal. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 6:45 am by Mark S. Humphreys
A Harris County District Court convicted Sinclair of first-degree felony misapplication of fiduciary property and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 5:33 am by Timothy P. Flynn
 Oakland County Commissioner Jim Runestad [R-White Lake] and State Rep. [read post]
22 Feb 2014, 7:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few items that caught Grits' attention this week but haven't made it into independent posts:Covering Texas DA's racesSee coverage of DA's races in Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Bexar Counties.' [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 11:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The real issue appears to be that the Harris County DA doesn't seek reimbursement. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Imagine if the Harris County Public Defender suffered the same sort of conflict when the Jonathan Salvador fiasco arose at the DPS crime lab in Houston? [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 4:25 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
Last week Harris County grand juries were in the media spotlight. [read post]
24 Nov 2013, 12:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"University of Houston assistant professor of criminal justice Larry Karson conducted a 2004 study that found more than half of the 129 grand jury commissioners selected in Harris County in a two-year span had close ties to the legal system. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 1:04 pm by Roshonda Scipio
Administrative LawFederal administrative law / by Gary Lawson.Lawson, Gary, 1958-St. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 8:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The lawyers arguing the case were Bob Wicoff from the Harris County Public Defender office and Joshua Reiss on behalf of the Harris County District Attorney. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 11:00 am
The account reflects that the commissionable assets total $147,289, which results in each co-executor receiving statutory commissions in the sum of $6,891, making their combined commissions the sum of $13,782. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 10:01 pm by John Mesirow
., Justice on the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 5:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
What we do know is that, including the fusion center money (which came from a federal grant), those three payments alone total $1,964,962 that the Harris County commissioners court spent on this one surveillance tool between 2011 and 2013 (so far). [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
After all, one supposes, he was only stealing from criminals.GOP critic blasts Montgomery County private prison maneuversA blogger at GOP Vote complains that the Montgomery County Commissioners Court has launched into a seemingly never-ending jail building spree without consulting voters. [read post]
22 Jun 2013, 8:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Voters in Smith and Harris County rejected new jails and that seemed to free up county commissioners elsewhere to begin openly talking about alternatives to incarceration without seeming "soft on crime." [read post]
12 May 2013, 4:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(The nine-year old Houston piece in particular unpacks the law-enforcement biases in backgrounds of many Harris County grand jurors with the assistance of academic researchers, an investigative method and story that Grits suspects could be replicated nearly anywhere.) [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 1:17 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The ACLU brought the lawsuit on behalf of three local citizens who do not share the religious beliefs of the county commissioners and felt excluded by the prayers when attending meetings. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 3:48 am by Dan Harris
He also worked as a Judicial Intern at the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond County in New York City. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 11:33 am by Kevin
Harry Warren told reporters, saying it was more of a show of support for Rowan County. [read post]