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9 Mar 2010, 12:35 pm
Court watchers may recall that last week, a Harris County, Texas (Houston) district judge held that the Texas death penalty procedures were unconstitutional. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 12:21 pm
“Clearly, I'm thrilled that he has rescinded his order,” said Assistant Harris County District Attorney Kari Allen. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 8:20 am
Other states also have stopped executing people over concerns that innocent people could be put to death.These are good reasons to think yet again about our institutionalized penchant for killing people — especially in Texas, which for years has led the nation in executions by a large margin. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 3:03 am
" Phillips research is based on 504 death penalty cases that occurred in Harris County, Texas between 1992 and 1999.The capital of capital punishment. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 9:37 pm
Judge Acknowledges Innocent People Have Likely been Executed Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine on Thursday, March 4, 2010, created a tsunami of controversy in the Texas legal community when he reportedly made a comment that he was declaring the state’s death penalty unconstitutional. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 10:14 am
UPI today posts, "Some victims matter more than others," on its wire.A study of a Texas county found a defendant is much more likely to be sentenced to death if he or she kills a so-called high-status victim, researchers said. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 10:14 am
The study is based on 504 death penalty cases in Harris County, Texas, between 1992 and 1999. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 9:06 am
Juries in Harris County (where Houston is located) were once notable for handing down death sentences. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 8:56 am
Mark Bennett is doing a great job at his Defending People blog making the documents available in the Harris County case in front of State District Judge Kevin Fine. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 8:14 am
“As a practical matter, if you strike down that statute, you're not necessarily striking down ‘the death penalty' but you're striking down the way we try death penalty cases,” said Bill Exley, an assistant Harris County district attorney. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 10:01 pm
The Harris County Hospital District ultimately ends up with the issues involved with financing indigent care as well as ensuring that adequate medical facilities exist for local citizens. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 2:00 pm
From the Houston Chronicle:The death penalty is more likely to be imposed on convicted murderers who kill whites or Hispanics who have college degrees, are married and have no criminal records, according to a new study that examines 504 Harris County capital murder cases that occurred between 1992 and 1999. [read post]
6 Mar 2010, 10:03 am
And here's the reasoning by Judge Kevin Fine, whose colleague in Harris County set the execution date for José Ernesto Medellín a while back, as we then posted:'Based on the moratorium (on the death penalty) in Illinois, the Innocence Project and more than 200 people being exonerated nationwide, it can only be concluded that innocent people have been executed. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:03 pm
” That trial took place in Travis County in Judge Charlie Baird’s court wherein it was found that the deceased was, in fact, innocent and thereafter execut [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 6:29 pm
Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos issued a statement proclaiming that: “Words are inadequate to describe the Office’s disappointment and dismay with this ruling. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 10:29 am
“This is a clear violation of public trust and I fully support the Harris County District Attorney’s decision to pursue all remedies. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 9:22 am
Earlier coverage of Phillip's scholarship on race and the death penalty in Harris County begins with this post. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:48 am
Harris County prosecutors have already vowed to appeal, and the ruling is not likely to stand for long. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 10:00 pm
We represent multiple clients in the Harris County, Texas lawsuits against Maersk related to the pirate attacks on board its vessel the Alabama.The piracy problem has been atop the headlines for many months, leaving maritime security on everyone's minds. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 2:08 pm
My friend Josh Zientek points out that the orders are available in all their glory on the recently revamped Harris County District Clerk website – see The State of Texas vs. [read post]
