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25 Jan 2008, 5:34 am
Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions in 1976, Oregon has killed only [execution volunteers Harry Charles] Moore and Douglas Wright, who was executed in 1996 for killing three homeless men in a remote area of Wasco County. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 12:14 am
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Foreman: Grand Jury Wants to Make Presentation on Medina Investigation to Incoming Panel
Texas Lawyer
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, that recently indicted Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife isn't going to let the matter drop, even though the indictments recently were dismissed and a judge ruled the grand jury wasn't properly empaneled and its work was null and void. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 6:43 pm
The elected District Attorney of Harris County, Texas was ordered to produce a number of emails in discovery in the lawsuit; instead of turning them over he deleted some 2,500 of them. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 6:08 am
"Judge blisters Harris County DA over Medina case; Says Rosenthal's error nullified the grand jury's work": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "A judge criticized the Harris County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday for not supporting a grand jury's decision to indict a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife for a 2007 arson that destroyed the couple's Spring home. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 7:50 pm
Harris County prosecutor Vic Wisner writes in public explanation of his dismissal of the grand jury's indictment against Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina: My decision to dismiss the indictments Without violating my ethical restrictions on commenting on pending investigations, I would like to explain the following to the public: Regardless of my personal belief in the merits of a case, I cannot ethically proceed forward if I believe the prosecution will… [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 6:52 pm
"Judge disbands grand jury behind Medina indictment": The Houston Chronicle provides a news update that begins, "A judge criticized the Harris County District Attorney's Office today for not standing behind a grand jury's decision to indict a Texas Supreme Court Justice and his wife in connection the 2007 fire that destroyed the couple's Spring home. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 1:01 pm
"Although District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal has struggled to maintain a business-as-usual atmosphere on the sixth floor of the Harris County Courthouse amid the fallout of the e-mail scandal that killed his re-election bid, his prosecutors are hoping juries won't paint them with the same brush. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:45 am
The report revealed two key trends in Texas regarding incarceration of African Americans for drug crimes: Wide disparities between the number of blacks sent to prison compared to whites, and impressive differences in the size of disparities among jurisdictions, including some of Texas more "liberal" areas evincing the highest differences.For convenience, I republish here the table I compiled from JPI's Texas data ("rates" given are per 100,000… [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:02 am
At least that's what Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal and Medina's attorney, Terry Yates, would have us believe. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 12:06 am
The Harris County district attorney's office filed a motion to dismiss the indictments on the grounds there was "insufficient evidence" and Rains granted the motion. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 11:20 am
Here's an interesting one: The Conroe Courier reports a half-million dollar civil verdict against a criminal lawyer in Montgomery County, Texas (the county to the north of Harris County) whose client accused him of extortion. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:37 pm
That won't last for long, though, once Dallas opens up a new 2,300 bed jail wing next year.What can Harris DA do about county jail? [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 3:21 pm
Some anonymous person -- apparently a Harris County ADA -- has posted nasty ad hominem attacks on me in comments on two prosecutors' blogs: Ken Lammers's CrimLaw and AHCL's Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center . [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 2:08 am
The New York Times ran a story this morning critical of Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal for squelching the indictment of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 10:32 am
The Harris County District Attorney is already under investigation by the Texas Attorney General for highly questionable e-mails and the use of county computers to send campaign-related e-mails. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 10:26 am
For example: 1987 - 2007 Prosecutor Kelly Siegler spends 21 years in Harris County DA's office; December 27, 2007 Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal is brought down by disclosure of emails; January 2, 2008 Siegler decides to run for Harris County DA; January 17, 2008 Siegler announces that changes need to be made in Harris County DA's office. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 8:46 am
As is common on the web I learned this fourth hand, and traced the story back from the Language Log, to Defending People, the Art and Science of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering, which had a brief post about a memo from the Harris County (Texas) D.A. that congratulated “a prosecutor on convicting a guy while overcoming ‘a subversively good defense by Matt Hennessey that had some Canadians on the jury feeling sorry for the defendant . . . . [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 12:57 am
Given that the emails which so embarrassed Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal were generated in a lawsuit alleging a cover up for misconduct at the Sheriff's office, who really believes that the timing of a brand new Harris County Sheriff's policy to delete all email after 14 days is really a "coincidence"? [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 10:10 pm
A Harris County grand jury today indicted Justice Medina on a tampering charge and his wife on arson charges in connection with the fire. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 2:37 pm
Medina's on an accusation of tampering -- Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said his office didn't think there was enough evidence to charge Mr. [read post]
