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26 Nov 2007, 7:07 am
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19 Nov 2007, 12:38 am
Law enforcement agencies and officers in Harris County should be able to exercise the discretion given to them by the Texas Legislature with confidence that the citations they issue will be fully prosecuted. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 3:59 pm
I am the campaign treasurer for Shawna Reagin, who is running as a Democrat for the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 11:40 pm
"We're just not going to go forward with execution dates, although we're still trying cases as death penalty cases," said Assistant District Attorney Roe Wilson of Harris County, which includes Houston and accounts for a quarter of Texas executions. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 7:08 am
Michael Richard, 49, was executed at 8:22 p.m. for the 1986 rape and murder of a Harris County mother of seven. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 1:15 am
He was a jail guard at the Harris County Jail for 10 years. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 1:15 am
"We're just not going to go forward with execution dates, although we're still trying cases as death penalty cases," said Roe Wilson, assistant district attorney of Harris County (Houston), which accounts for a quarter of 405 Texas executions since 1976.Across the country, the capital punishment machine clearly went into idle Oct. 30, when a majority of the U.S. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 11:05 pm
The fact that almost 70% had already been placed once in a custodial setting means most counties have tried to use the resources they have before shipping kids off to Texas youth prisons. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 11:08 pm
The defeat of the jail bond baffles Harris County officials who have begun blaming each other for its failure. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 1:19 am
Compare this citizen journalist report to the Houston Chronicle's analysis why the Harris County Jail bonds failed, written by reporters Bill Murphy and Alan Bernstein. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 11:56 pm
Texas Criminal Court Creates E-Mail Filing System for Urgent Pleadings
Texas Lawyer
Responding to sharp criticism, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has created an e-mail filing system for urgent pleadings in death penalty and other cases. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 4:11 am
Supreme Court's decision on the issue before us," wrote Justice Harry Lee Anstead in a dissenting opinion that was also supported by Justice Peggy Quince. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 12:44 am
(See prior Grits posts here, here, here, here, and here.)Now she's even seeing protesters outside her home, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has filed a complaint with the Texas Judicial Conduct Commission, as did the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association and other prominent Texas attorneys before them. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 8:44 am
They should start by implementing HB 2391, the only legislation passed in 2007 by the 80th Texas Legislature aimed at reducing jail overcrowding.In both Harris and Smith counties, the Sheriffs and local PDs refused to allow their officers to use new discretion created this year by the Legislature to issue a summons instead of making an arrest for certain low-level, nonviolent offenses. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 4:49 am
Harris County voters yesterday approved a $70 million dollar bond to construct a new family law center for Harris County, Texas. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 2:32 pm
It's not like Harris County could staff the jails they've got. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 2:40 am
This will help you decide which propositions you are in favor of and which ones you oppose.You can also check out Representative Scott Hochberg's website, which outlines the propositions as well.Voters in Harris, Smith, Brazos and Howard counties also have important bond votes today to decide whether to build new jails. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 10:00 am
I have also included in the chart the Houston MSA (The Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Harris County and surrounding areas in Texas in its media market) as it is the singularly largest executing area of the country and IF a deterrent effect is observable it should be observable there. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 6:14 am
Think about the typical death penalty case out of Harris County, Texas, which sends more people to death row than any other county.Maybe you have a younger guy, perhaps in his twenties. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 11:54 pm
And I'd feel exactly the same way about police using steroids if they could acquire them without engaging in transactions with people operating outside the law.In the book I reviewed last week by the former Harris County Sheriff's Deputy, the author once asked his steroid dealer why he agreed to sell to a cop. [read post]
