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26 Aug 2014, 5:25 am
") In both Dallas and Travis Counties, astonishingly, 73 percent of jail inmates incarcerated on that day were there awaiting trial as of August 1.Even so, I stand by my assessment that the number of pretrial defendants could be reasonably lowered to at least half or less of the overall jail population in Texas' larger counties. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 8:46 am
That's the title of an OpEd by Dallas County District Attorney in the Morning News today. [read post]
22 Feb 2014, 7:23 am
Deadly Affection'The Dallas Morning News this week published an informative series on domestic violence investigations and prosecution.A local argument against jail privatizationA GOP commissioners court candidate in Liberty County wants the private prison firm Community Education Centers out of the local jail, reported Texas Prison Bidness, to end the "waste of millions of dollars." [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 4:46 am
” For more on ICE Holds in Texas, read my earlier discussion in “Immigration Holds in North Texas: Indefinite Stays and Dallas County Sheriff. [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 6:03 am
"Video visitation at Dallas jail won't stop face to face visits Dallas County will begin video visitation at the jail, but the commissioners court wisely insisted that face to face visits must continue. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 12:49 pm
Under California’s drunk in public law, Stevenson would face a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in a county jail and a maximum $1,000 fine. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 7:19 am
This hits us hard in North Texas, with a whopping 3,783 intoxicated driver collisions in Dallas and Tarrant Counties last year. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 9:04 am
Tiffany Lewis knows all about courtroom procedure and trial tactics … she was both a Dallas prosecutor and a member of the criminal defense bar before taking the bench as a Tarrant County Municipal Court Judge. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 9:05 am
Of those, about a third already undergo blood testing at the Dallas County Jail. [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 9:27 am
(The Dallas City Council just okayed a similar policy for pot arrests.)If judges and the DA embrace these programs, the plan could work. [read post]
5 Feb 2007, 1:34 pm
Waller, contended a win-at-all-costs attitude of prosecutors is coming back to haunt Dallas County. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 3:53 am
Nichols fought the hordes of reporters to get into the Dallas County jail and sit down with Lee Harvey Oswald. [read post]
19 May 2021, 3:05 pm
Jackson, then a Dallas County assistant district attorney, withheld evidence from two innocent men on trial for murder: Mr. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 9:42 am
According to those data, 23.9% of Dallas inmates are low-level state jail felons or misdemeanor violators who have not been convicted yet - they're sitting in jail awaiting trial mostly because they cannot afford bail.To compare with another large metropolitan Texas county, misdemeanor and state jail felony pretrial detainees make up just 10.5% of Harris County's jail population.If Dallas just reduced those two… [read post]
1 Nov 2008, 8:03 am
The four sites are:Austin Travis County MHMR (Travis)Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio (Bexar)North'Texas Behavioral Health Authority, Dallas (Dallas)Tarrant County MHMR, Fort Worth (Tarrant) These outpatient programs are not in secure settings and are suitable when the court believes the defendant won't be a danger. [read post]
21 May 2009, 6:20 am
Supreme County case - Brady vs. [read post]
25 Dec 2012, 7:04 pm
I haven't figured out why certain arrestees are transported to the county jail and others make bail in Forney. [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 1:03 am
There's been lots of discussion lately about DWI enforcement, with Harris County implementing a new so-called "diversion" program that really diverts more people to jail and Dallas preparing to expand its "no refusal" blood draw program full-time in September.Maybe it's time, though, to think outside the box on DWI instead of relying solely on criminal enforcement.My better half observed recently that in London there's not nearly so much… [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am
Jail phone calls and the Michael Morton Act If a jail records all inmate phone calls are prosecutors required to vet them for Brady material under the Michael Morton Act? [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 7:10 pm
Call 858-793-8884 in Del Mar, Carmel Valley, North County or San Diego. [read post]