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18 Nov 2024, 10:13 am
The incident elicited responses from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Governor J.B. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 1:43 pm
In a rare courtroom decision, Judge Harry Clem found that Welch had provided "ineffective assistance of counsel" and granted Thompson a new criminal trial. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:03 pm
Go here to send your own email.A former TDCJ guard was sentenced to 180 days in jail for allowing two inmates to attack a third then attempting to cover it up.Charges were dismissed against two Harris County jailers who left a Class B pot defendant in a cell filled with feces and garbage then tampered with records to cover it up. [read post]
18 May 2015, 8:06 am
And Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Harris v. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 8:22 am
The bill is on the agenda for Monday's CrimJur hearing.In particular, HB 351 would eliminate the requirement that judges wait until a defendant has defaulted on payments before declaring them indigent, making them eligible for community service or to have their fees waived at the time of sentencing instead of waiting for them to fail.As it happens, the most detailed explication of these problems comes from a Grits for Breakfast guest post by Ted Wood, formerly of the Office of Court… [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 11:10 am
It's like the 2009 National Academies of Sciences report on forensics set off a slow-motion explosion of which most of the public and even most of the legal profession remain unaware.Defining #cjreform in red-state KansasConservative Republicans in Kansas want to shift budget resources to mental health and drug treatment services outside the justice system.For the reading pileHere are a few academic articles that go on the reading list:The Missing Link: Jail and Prison Conditions in… [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 10:46 am
We found that one random audit was conducted in six months.The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is missing videos in more than 700 cases. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 7:15 am
., founder of the MABATx Foundation and partner in Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend in Houston.Now in its ninth year, the luncheon will honor community pioneers who demonstrate the ideals of the foundation, including Michael and David Cordúa of Cordúa Restaurants (Outstanding Service as Entrepreneurs); Daniel Velasco, marketing manager of the Houston Texans (Outstanding Service in the Media); Harris County Sheriff Deputies (Outstanding… [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 8:38 am
Now in its ninth year, the luncheon will honor community pioneers who demonstrate the ideals of the foundation, including Michael and David Cordúa of Cordúa Restaurants (Outstanding Service as Entrepreneurs); Daniel Velasco, marketing manager of the Houston Texans (Outstanding Service in the Media); Harris County Sheriff Deputies (Outstanding Service as Public Servants); and Judge Elsa Alcala of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Outstanding… [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 10:19 am
Without him, there's zero chance Texas would have closed three prison units over the last two sessions.As Texas' longest serving senator, a committee chairman, and Harris County's only senator on the budget conference committee last session, it'd be nuts for SD15 voters to replace John Whitmire with a rookie at this juncture. [read post]
13 Nov 2016, 2:56 pm
"Her article appears at a time when litigation in Harris County has raised the question of one-sided bail hearings where prosecutors appear before judges without the defendant being represented by counsel. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 4:10 am
Sacramento County Sheriff Department, 2014 U.S. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:15 am
A new reality TV series will feature former Harris County prosecutorial star Kelly Siegler teaming up with Dick Wolf and a team of producers called "Magical Elves," the folks who brought us insightful legal masterpieces like "Top Chef," "Project Runway" and "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 12:00 am
The JNC has narrowed the field to 15 (including four County Court Judges and two General Magistrates) and sent those names to Governor DeSantis for his consideration. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 10:16 am
Harris Funeral Homes v. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 9:10 am
Let's clear a few browser tabs; here are some odds and ends that recently caught my attention and may also interest Grits readers:Houston Chronicle: Chief Harris County trial prosecutor resigns over post comparing Black Lives Matter to Nazis.Houston Chronicle: Houston City Council hears calls for police reform, improved oversight board, reduced police budget. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 3:08 pm
The issues surrounding bail, pretrial detention, and underutilized pretrial services programs are long-time fodder for this blog, dating at least to this series focused on Harris County in 2005. [read post]
18 Nov 2020, 9:01 am
Bostock and its consolidated companion cases (Harris and Altitude Express) received 94 unique amicus filings. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 8:33 am
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences just released its autopsy report which concluded that Mr. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 9:08 pm
Hawkins ratcheted the revenge WAY up, with the help of attorney Harry Skeins Jr. [read post]
