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6 Mar 2012, 9:35 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Metropolitan areas, such as Harris, Bexar, Dallas and Travis counties, have used managed care plans for years. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 1:02 pm by Steve Hall
Even in Texas, the death penalty is not all that simple, as Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins makes clear. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 8:37 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins begins at the link. [read post]
3 Mar 2012, 5:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few odds and ends that didn't make it into full blog posts in the last few days:Melissa del Bosque at the Texas Observer visits "the deadliest place in Mexico" outside of Juarez and it sounds like the aftermath of Sherman's march.The Burnet County Sheriff wants to reclaim managerial control of the county jail, currently operated by LaSalle Corrections, in the wake of a recent escape. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 4:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
He doesn’t have a brotherhood of fellow exonerees—like the men in Dallas have. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 10:52 am by CJLF Staff
Four officers who worked with Hawkins and Toby Shook, the former Dallas County assistant district attorney who prosecuted Rivas, attended the execution on behalf of his family. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 9:39 am by Brandon W. Barnett
>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerry Max Cook walked off Texas’s death row in 1997, but earlier this week he filed two motions in the 241st District Court in Smith County that he hopes will finally clear his name. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 7:54 am by Steve Hall
" Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has again shifted in his ever-evolving posture on the death penalty and left the public hanging on one of the most serious issues his office deals with. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:26 pm by Steve Hall
George Rivas already was saddled with 17 life prison terms when he told a Dallas County jury he deserved death for organizing the largest-ever jailbreak from a Texas prison and then killing a suburban Dallas police officer. [read post]
25 Feb 2012, 10:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins this week revealed that his great grandfather was executed by the state of Texas. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 1:43 pm by Christopher Danzig
Hearing those stories makes me so angry that I start gnashing my teeth and crossing my eyes… Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker, Gay, Gay Marriage, Judge of the Day, Judge Tonya Parker, Protests, Texas, Tonya Parker, Videos, YouTube [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 7:31 am by Steve Hall
Dallas County has exonerated 22 people through DNA evidence since 2001 — by far the most of any Texas county and more than all but two states. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 12:03 pm by Steve Hall
Dallas County has exonerated 22 men on the basis of eyewitness testimony since 2001. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 2:18 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas County will soon begin charging inmates fees for healthcare services reports the Dallas Morning News ("Dallas County begin charging jail inmates for medical care," Feb. 22, behind paywall). [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 10:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
   But she knew that in Dallas County, SWIFS had kept the evidence in these old cases. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 2:41 pm by Susan I. Nelson
The three Texas agencies that participate in 287(g) are the Carrollton and Farmers Branch Police Departments near Dallas and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 12:37 pm by ParkerMcDonald
DFW No Refusal Weekends No-refusal weekends are already in place in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, although not to the extent of Houston and San Antonio. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 3:07 pm
For example, a recent Wage and Hour Division investigation in Dallas, Texas, revealed that 252 temporary employees from The Temp Team were forced to work as many as 79 hours per week, without receiving overtime payment--a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 11:48 am by Rick Hasen
Then came Texas-sixed problems with that state’s hybrid primary-caucus: long lines, unclear rules, the tailing of an election official to a police station when she took home caucus sign-in sheets to “correct” them, and even reports of three physical confrontations at Dallas caucus sites. [read post]