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3 Sep 2007, 5:01 am
In that spirit, let me suggest that Sen Whitmire's attempt to further discredit the Harris County monitor's testimony by criticizing HC's lack of a monitor for its county JDCs was one of the more pointless, Student Government quality diversionary tactics I've seen in a legislative hearing.Excuse me, were they gathered there to talk about the county JDC? [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 12:01 pm
Consider this: death penalty prosecutions in the nation's execution capital, Harris County, Texas, have been in steep decline; every major newspaper in Texas has called for a moratorium on the death penalty or opposes it entirely; and in 2005 the state legislature passed a law allowing life imprisonment without parole, which has given judges and jurors a new way to be "tough on crime" without killing people. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 1:26 am
New laws passed by the 80th Texas Legislature all take effect tomorrow, Sept. 1, if they haven't already. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 12:47 pm
A court could have set aside Smith's death sentence, but for whatever reason, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal preferred not to have a judicial determination and he asked that Smith's sentence be commuted. [read post]
28 Aug 2007, 10:59 am
Looking at the rest, I think we were still underrepresented, so I left a somewhat snarky reply in the comments:Surely it was an oversight not to include people like Bexar DA Susan Reed, Williamson DA John Bradley, or Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 8:50 pm
For instance, if a court finds that one of the spouses has a history of domestic violence, then the JMC presumption would be rebutted.Even though Texas courts generally award joint managing conservatorship, one parent over the other is usually given the primary right to designate the child’s residence based on a geographic restriction, such as Harris County and the surrounding contiguous counties. [read post]
Mikulastik: "If I had been paid a million dollars to destroy TYC I could not have done a better job"
27 Aug 2007, 4:40 am
Harris off and told him they could discuss it at another time. [read post]
25 Aug 2007, 5:31 am
Offenses where citations can be given in lieu of arrests include:Marijuana possession, (up to 4 oz)Criminal mischief with less than $500 damageGraffiti with less than $500 damageTheft by check with less than $500 stolenTheft of service with less than $500 stolenDriving With an Invalid LicenseUnlike Bexar and Harris Counties, where the District Attorneys are thwarting the Texas Legislature's most important jail overcrowding initiative (and the subsequent savings in… [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 11:09 pm
Harris County prosecutors and Mike DeGeurin, Ms. [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 5:13 am
Krist, et al. in state court in Harris County on Aug. 20, is one of four individuals who hired the Krist Law Firm to seek damages from BP for the 2005 explosion, which killed 15 people and caused injuries and property damage. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 8:40 pm
Conner was the 101st inmate sentenced to death in Harris County to be executed in Texas since 1982. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 10:25 am
and 25% of those from one county - Harris County.If there is a point to be made, it is in those numbers. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 8:30 am
She also provides an interesting chart detailing the 18 Texas counties where jail operation has been privatized. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 6:07 am
The Texas Youth Commission this spring announced plans to reduce its youth inmate population, but decisions about who goes to TYC are made locally, and recently the number of youth committed to TYC has grown annually.From data on the TYC website I compiled this spreadsheet listing the ten largest contributing counties to TYC:As one might expect, Houston and Dallas led TYC's growth over the last five years, with the number of commitments from Harris County… [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 7:36 am
As noted by the Chronicle, Conner would be the 101st inmate sentenced to death in Harris County to be executed in Texas since 1982. [read post]
19 Aug 2007, 11:00 pm
Judge Kent has taken responsibility for jail overcrowding in Tyler in a way that elected officials in Bexar or Harris County haven't done. [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 2:49 am
Presently the Harris County jail processes more than 640,000 inmate visits per year. [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 12:41 pm
I spend many work days at the Harris County Family Law Center in Houston, Texas. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 10:12 pm
This Houston Chronicle story on the state of medical malpractice litigation in Texas since the 2003 reforms (filings cut in half in Harris County) mostly quotes critics of the law, including a med-mal defense lawyer whose business has declined; this... [read post]
6 Aug 2007, 12:37 pm
Williams or the Harris County DA that longer incarceration terms will achieve it. [read post]
