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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]
2 Mar 2010, 7:27 pm
In response, the Harris County, Texas misdemeanor judges should recognize the unfairness of this policy and allow these cases to proceed down a different track than the other cases that are heard in their courts. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 6:27 am
Harris County Sheriff’s office also says they believe alcohol was involved and has filed intoxication manslaughter charges against him. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 10:52 am
In Texas and especially in Collin County this actually happens. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 2:40 pm
"A rare CCA victory for 'weenie wagglers'Mark Bennett brings word of a win by his former officemate Melissa Martin at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which found that Harris County's longstanding standard charging language in indecent exposure cases was defective.Law enforcement administrators losing control of deployment, promotion decisionsIf I had more time and energy, I've got a rant brewing about the difficulties faced by law enforcement… [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 12:50 pm
" The "no refusal weekend" was implemented to make Harris County, Texas residents think twice before driving while intoxicated. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 10:00 pm
The Texas truck accident lawyers at Schechter McElwee Shaffer and Harris represent persons injured in truck and semi truck accidents in Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria and across the state of Texas. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 7:06 pm
Smith’s and Melissa Martin’s fight, every other defendant charged with indecent exposure in Texas in the future wins. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 7:06 pm
Smith’s and Melissa Martin’s fight, every other defendant charged with indecent exposure in Texas in the future wins. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 10:51 am
In a must read story, Lise Olsen reported yesterday ("Bail bonds no bounty for Harris County") that "A Houston Chronicle review shows 500 current and former bond companies and individuals still owe taxpayers more than $26 million in default judgments, some dating back decades. [read post]
