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21 Sep 2018, 10:34 am
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention headed into the weekend:Toothless prisoners' liquid dietThe Texas prison system has all but stopped giving dentures to toothless inmates, preferring to put their food through a blender and feed them liquids, instead, reported the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger. [read post]
20 Jul 2013, 4:57 am
After the Houston Chronicle published a story about a directed acquittal following an alleged Brady violation (withholding exculpatory evidence) by former prosecutor Jon Hall in a Galveston District Court, Grits linked to the article and lamented that the state bar had taken no action, basing that on the fact that no public reprimand had been issued more than two years after the event. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 6:35 am
" The Houston Chronicle had a good story localizing the issue, though they're wrong that no one has tried to think of a solution. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 4:29 am
It's like watching Inspector Javert drown himself in the Seine.State invests $400K in defense support on DNA mixtures The Houston Chronicle ran a feature on the review of DNA mixture cases going statewide through the Forensic Science Commission, which Grits has discussed at some length. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 12:10 am
March 16, 2015 Houston Chronicle article on wayward cow collision case and lawyer's argument that personal injury suit following collision is med-mal because a doctor owned the cattle that crossed into the country road. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 10:00 am
Here are a few odds and ends that haven't made it into their own, individual posts but deserve Grits readers' attention:Drivers license application includes pointless, invasive mental health questionThe Houston Chronicle today reported on criticism of a question on the Texas Department of Public Safety driver's license application asking, "Within the past two years, have you been diagnosed with, been hospitalized for or are you now receiving treatment for a psychiatric disorder?"… [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 6:27 am
") So while Grits is focused elsewhere, check out:Eva Ruth Moravec, Houston Chronicle: "Unarmed people hurt when Texas officers shot at dogs. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 8:37 am
See also excellent Houston Chronicle coverage of last session's version.)In the past, I've compared the philosophy behind this bill to the Vichy policeman in the movie Casa Blanca who declared, "Round up the usual suspects!" [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 6:42 am
Last week, Emily Ling and Rebecca Larsen published an op ed in the Houston Chronicle titled, "Stop jail suicides and deaths: Here's how. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 6:55 am
Good news, via the Houston Chronicle ("State police to halt the use of checkpoints," Dec. 5):The Texas Department of Public Safety will refrain from using traffic checkpoints following intense backlash after state police temporarily set up roadside stops in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this year.DPS Director Steven McCraw said Wednesday that his agency will not use road checkpoints "anywhere in the state" until Texas lawmakers give their blessing.The checkpoints were part of a… [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 1:48 pm
The correlation between writing more tickets and generating more revenue, by contrast, is much more firmly established.Texas seeks shorter capital deadlinesTexas is seeking to opt-in to shortened timelines for death penalty appeals, reported Keri Blakinger at the Houston Chronicle, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested it last year. [read post]
6 May 2015, 6:11 am
See coverage from the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 1:30 pm
Of those, only the jail regulation piece passed.The Houston Chronicle last month ran an item by Taylor Goldenstein suggesting renewed energy from the George Floyd protests could finally push the Class-C arrest piece over the finish line. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 3:48 am
About a quarter of Texas police shooting deaths over the last decade - more than 200 - went unreported to the state Attorney General despite criminal penalties on the books for noncompliance, our own Amanda Woog observed in a Houston Chronicle editorial.Woog reported that, "Scott Bowman, Howard Williams and Jordan Taylor Jung, of Texas State University, have documented more than 200 police shootings that were not reported to the AG's office, but should have been. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 2:00 pm
Additional Sources: Houston * Chronicle, Science & Environment, Settlements, split verdict yield murky result in waste pit case (Nov. 13, 2014); HoustonPress, Blogs, Two Companies Settle Over San Jacinto River Waste Pits, Jury Clears Lone Holdout of Liability (Nov. 14, 2014); Texas Supreme Court's Case Information, McGinnes Indus. [read post]
29 Apr 2017, 7:08 am
See the Houston Chronicle's coverage. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 7:34 am
Abbott has fired her, the Houston Chronicle reported. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 8:11 am
Houston has 2.22 officers per 1,000 residents; Austin has 1.89; and San Antonio has about 1.4. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 6:58 am
Reported the local paper: "A Chronicle review of recent Houston-area chases from April through June found 13 crashes over 13 weeks that led to six deaths and nine injuries. [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 9:29 am
" Reported the Houston Chronicle (Feb. 13), "Her previous appeals have all failed - despite international protests over the fact that her Harris County-appointed attorneys spent only two weeks preparing for her capital trial. [read post]
