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8 Mar 2011, 12:30 pm
In the process of addressing performance issues in Harris County, technical problems have arisen regarding electronic payments. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 6:18 pm
If you need the assistance of a Houston Criminal Defense Attorney with your marijuana case in Houston, Harris County, Texas please contact our law firm at (713) 242-1779 or visit our website at www.mmalaw.com. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 4:45 am
The Ultimate Bellaire is reporting that a Texas paralegal and (I'm assuming) her husband are being sued in Harris County District Court by her former supervising attorney, Michael Weston of Weston & Associates, PLLC, a bankruptcy firm, for allegedly posting a highly negative review of Weston on Citysearch.com. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 1:42 pm
Sheriffs more likely than PDs to welcome new arrest discretionJefferson County works out kinks with new cite and summons authorityHow one Texas county will take advantage of new law to reduce jail overcrowdingHB 2391 could save Bexar taxpayers $10,000 per dayCite and summons for low-level offenses could free up jail spaceTexas Lege approved new tools to reduce jail overcrowding, if police can change their thinkingPretrial Bonds : Increased Harris County… [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 6:58 am
Let's set those disagreements aside, though, just for a moment.Here's what I want to know: As a practical matter, Texas is already talking about reducing prison capacity, and urban jails in Harris, Dallas, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Bexar are packed to the gills. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 4:31 am
Easily the most effective change to improve police oversight in Houston and other civil service cities, without costing the taxpayers a dime, would simply be to re-open police disciplinary files; hundreds of non-civil service cities and every Texas Sheriff operate just fine under the Public Information Act, and so would civil service cities if they were brought back under its umbrella.Another key, too-often neglected transparency issue: Former Harris County DA Johnny… [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 3:14 am
"See prior, related Grits coverage: Harris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to local jails, emergency rooms'Harris County jail not the place to treat mental illness' The making of an unfunded mandate: Cuts to mental health would dump costs on county jails Cuts to state mental… [read post]
Are Wet Floor Signs Enough Warning to Prevent A Plantation or Fort Lauderdale Slip and Fall Lawsuit?
21 Feb 2011, 12:50 pm
A woman in Harris County, Texas is suing Kroger Co., a retail food chain, as a result of her slip and fall injury. [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 8:43 am
(Note: Texas does not have an intermediate level of care.) [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 2:06 pm
At a press conference held today at the State Capitol, representatives of the Texas Access to Justice Commission and the Supreme Court of Texas announced four legislative proposals to address the funding crisis in the Texas legal aid system. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:00 am
ADVANCE WARNING: To those social media marketers and shiny toy evangelists who check blawg review weekly to see if you are mentioned so you can promote it to death and make lawyers think you have some relevance to the profession, you are not here. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 5:12 am
This is an issue that will continue to vex Texas jails as long as there are waiting lists for competency restoration services.The death in Corpus Christi may raise additional questions about conditions and treatment of prisoners at the Nueces County Jail. [read post]
13 Feb 2011, 3:11 pm
Juneau County Jail, 2011 U.S. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 7:45 am
Harris County's government is in its worst budget crisis in decades, and Lykos and all other county department heads have been ordered to present plans to reduce their spending by 10 percent. [read post]
5 Feb 2011, 12:49 pm
News reports indicate that over 13,000 drivers in Harris County were charged with DWI last year. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 2:50 pm
This week's episode of NBC's "Harry's Law" featured a wrongful murder conviction based on a false confession. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 3:00 am
Given Texas law, he's lucky he wasn't shot to death by a neighbor. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 6:18 am
Here are a few other topline observations from the report:Oddly, Dallas has a larger probation population than Harris County despite a smaller overall population, perhaps because Harris' revocation rates are higher. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 9:39 am
Houston Chronicle by Susan Carroll After a Harris County jury awarded the family of a 21-year-old garbage collector more than $1.4 million in a wrongful death lawsuit, the penalized company filed an appeal based on an unusual legal argument. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 8:55 am
Mandatory JJAEP reimbursement reduced from $79 to $59.Funding eliminated for Harris County juvenile boot camp.In addition, drug court grants from the Governor's office would be cut by more than half, and counties will be required to pay a fee for inspections by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, to replace the zeroed out line item where the state used to pay for them. [read post]
