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13 Oct 2016, 10:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In-state geographic disparities were notable in Texas: For example, 53 percent of drug arrests in Harris County are for marijuana, compared to 39 percent in Dallas County.The report authors found that, "the majority of people convicted of drug possession in Texas are sentenced to some form of incarceration. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes both Texas and Louisiana, already greenlighted Texas' essentially similar litigation.You tell 'em, PaulWrites Paul Kennedy at The Defense Rests, complaining that an acquitted defendant was sent back to jail before being released, "There are far too many judges sitting on the bench in Harris County who have the mistaken belief that they work in the district attorney's judicial division." [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 7:21 pm
In response to an unsubstantiated voter-fraud conspiracy theory, suspect Mark Anthony Aguirre was involved in a project to find evidence of voter fraud in Harris County. [read post]
9 Nov 2024, 3:58 am
And so all of it, you know, whether it's Joe Biden is sharp as a tack, Kamala Harris's joy, you know, Donald Trump is Hitler. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 1:29 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
A Harris County conviction was set aside this week, and it looks as if it will extend even farther. [read post]
15 Jun 2023, 6:43 am by Kristen Matteucci
  **This blog post was originally written and published by our colleagues at the Harris County Robert W. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 12:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County overincarcerating juvie probation violatorsAs we shift youth from state prisons to county-run probation settings, the state needs to increase oversight of county-run operations because some of them are over-incarcerating, too.Heat litigation settlement sets new standardThe settlement of heat litigation so far only affects inmates at the Wallace Pack unit, but it's pretty clear this is a camel's nose under the tent situation. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 8:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This is a perennial complaint from counties - that housing the parolees is an unfunded mandate from the state, which is essentially true - and the governor dashed the hopes of many a local official when he throttled this modest assistance to counties to address jail overcrowding.Don't tell ex-prisoners about voting rightsIt still sticks in my craw that Gov. [read post]
12 Dec 2020, 10:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Civilian oversight in Galveston should be better, but more thought needs to be given to how oversight systems might function in heterogenous jurisdictions like Galveston county, much less like Harris County, which contains some 60+ law enforcement agencies. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 9:37 pm by Jeff Gamso
(But see the runaway grand jury in Harris County, Texas a few years ago.)If the prosecutor wants an indictment, the prosecutor gets an indictment. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 6:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Hundreds of Texas law enforcement agencies operate with their disciplinary files subject to the Public Information Act, including all sheriffs departments except Harris County. [read post]
10 Nov 2019, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Be sure to check out the Reasonably Suspicious interview with Reed's attorneys.Guards fired, demoted over fatal TDCJ use of forceTDCJ fired a guard in a Huntsville prison and demoted two others after a fatal use of force incident reported Keri Blakinger at the Houston Chronicle.Always somethingAn assistant DA in Panola County has resigned amidst allegations of misconduct.Harris Co. public defender office growingWith Harris County DA Kim Ogg still publicly fuming that… [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 3:48 am by Edith Roberts
[Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is counsel on an amicus brief in support of respondent Stephens in Harris Funeral Homes v. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 3:30 am
Spencer, Harris Law Firm, PC, Evanston, Wyoming. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 3:56 am by Edith Roberts
Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. [read post]
11 Sep 2024, 5:46 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
., PLLC 2024 NY Slip Op 33089(U) September 3, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 151821/2023 Judge: Mary V. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 7:20 am
Wigley died Aug. 7, 2001, when her car went out of control on I-69 in Hamilton County. [read post]