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19 Feb 2008, 8:14 am
After he was snared in a net of swirling controversies including an e-mail scandal and the high-profile indictment of a sitting Supreme Court justice followed by an immediate move to dismiss that case, Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned from office on Friday. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 11:58 pm
Controversial Texas DA Resigns, Saying Prescription Drugs Impaired His Judgment
Texas Lawyer
After he was snared in a net of controversies including an e-mail scandal and the high-profile indictment of a sitting Supreme Court justice, Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned from office on Friday, saying prescription drugs had impaired his judgment. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 11:51 pm
In the interim, Bert Graham, the first assistant Harris County DA, will be in charge of the office. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 1:05 pm
"When the pendulum swings, it tends to swing pretty hard," said Bill Hawkins, chief of the juvenile division of the Harris County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 10:53 am
"There are an awful lot of sexual assault cases, and then there are kids who engage in sex at an early age," said Bill Hawkins, chief of the juvenile division of the Harris County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 10:50 pm
The reports, by TYC's independent ombudsman and Harris County's TYC liaison, were released to The Dallas Morning News by the ombudsman after a request under the Texas Public Information Act.Both sets of findings were issued after unannounced visits to TYC's McFadden Ranch halfway house at Roanoke in Denton County. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 9:12 am
Harris County, Texas (Houston) has the highest execution rate in Texas. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 8:35 am
Hours after the indictment, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal dismissed the charges, citing "insufficient evidence. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 3:38 pm
The residents of Harris County need to appreciate the great work these folks do. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 9:41 am
So it looks like our friend Steve Hall is having a busy day down in Texas. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 7:04 am
First Dimitria Pope's resignation at the beginning of the week and now Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal has resigned. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 3:35 pm
All five candidates for Harris County District Attorney were invited to speak today with the board of directors of HCCLA, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers' Association, after a board meeting. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 1:24 am
Doug Berman did a post about Kansas recently and I realized their entire state prison system is smaller than the Harris County Jail! [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 7:34 pm
"Jurors file suit to disclose evidence in Medina case": The Houston Chronicle provides a news update that begins, "Six members of a Harris County grand jury who indicted Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife on charges stemming from the fire that destroyed their Spring home have filed a lawsuit to talk about the evidence they saw before handing up the indictments. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 3:21 pm
Nonetheless, a Democratic sweep would have a salutary effect in Harris County. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 4:52 am
It always has been," says Patrick McCann, president of the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 12:30 pm
Sheriffs who want to allow immigration officials to detain more immigrants in local Texas jails are running up against a backlash from county commissioners who don't want to foot the bill for federal detainees.I'd identified that problem earlier when Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas proposed such a change as part of his primary re-election campaign. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
County of Allegheny, No. 06-2869 "In an action against various defendants for violations of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, arising from a former 911 dispatcher's improper use of his job facilities to track down and kill his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, plaintiff's son, dismissal of the claims is reversed in part and the matter remanded with instructions to permit plaintiff an opportunity to amend certain state-created danger and equal protection claims, as the… [read post]
9 Feb 2008, 2:11 am
Over at the Texas Observer, Jason Johnson has a story about the dead-certain re-election prospects of state Rep. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 6:58 am
Here are the changes in jail incarceration rates between 2000-2007 for Texas' five largest counties (Slide 20):Harris: 15.72%Dallas: -13.46%Tarrant: -6.02%Bexar: 7.54%Travis: -15.08%Fabelo corroborated my assessment earlier in the day that pretrial detention is driving county jail growth. [read post]
