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12 Mar 2016, 8:50 am
A number of related, recent stories caught Grits' eye and merit readers' attention:Lurching toward precedentThe indefatigable Brandi Grissom reported in the Dallas News this week (March 10) that the CCA agreed to let a case go forward which challenges "shaken baby syndrome" type evidence and may be the one that gets the Court of Criminal Appeals to finally interpret CCP 11.073, Texas new "junk science writ," as amended by the 2015 Legislature. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 4:29 am
Let's share a few links with Grits readers, just to clear the browser tabs:Charles Sebesta as Inspector JavertDefrocked prosecutor Charles Sebesta is waging a legal battle to overturn the state bar's decision to disbar him, reported Brandi Grissom at the Dallas News. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 5:00 am
Your correspondent was quoted in the lede of a Dallas News story Dec. 31st by Brandi Grissom titled "Texas top criminal court halted more executions in 2015. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 2:59 pm
They're not very good at policing their own, Mark Bennett's on-point blog screeds notwithstanding. [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 5:05 am
They're the lawyers who ostensibly represented Holiday. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 7:02 am
Moreover, as Grits reported earlier, because of the nature of the calculations, results based on probabilistic genotyping will be different every time - they're not replicable, in addition to not being transparent. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 3:31 pm
And when you’re dealing with several people, a typical $30,000 policy isn’t going to go very far. [read post]
20 Mar 2014, 6:00 am
In 1920, Robertson ran for re-election, but this time she had a primary opponent. [read post]
22 Dec 2013, 7:21 am
., 2013 WL 4082893 (7th Cir. 2013) • Susan Illston, In re National Security Letter, 930 F.Supp.2d 1064 (N.D. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 2:07 pm
Versions of the bill have been re-filed as SB 2 by Huffman, HB 4 by Kolkhorst and HB 7 by Moody.Private Prison RoundupLots of good recent posts up over at Texas Prison Bidness, including a thirty-year retrospective on Corrections Corporation of America. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 9:08 am
“'They’re not just opposing Kerry’s bid to exonerate himself, but they’re saying all kinds of things about evidence at the trials that just isn’t true,' said Nina Morrison, staff attorney at the New York-based Innocence Project. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 7:37 pm
Always.But if we're going to be killing them, why not let them do some good? [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 7:49 am
"Judge Signals Intent to Rule Against Condemned Inmate," is Brandi Grissom's Texas Tribune post. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 7:44 am
Supreme Court has ruled prisoners can't be executed unless they're aware of the punishment and know why they're being punished. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:22 am
(One supposes Dewhurst's replacement could re-up Whitmire's chairmanship, though conventional wisdom says he or she would shuffle the deck and name their own people.) [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 1:07 pm
And sometimes, at least sometimes, that means being willing to re-examine the evidence. [read post]
22 May 2012, 9:24 am
"Texas Among Top 3 States in Total Exonerations," is by Brandi Grissom and Ryan Murphy for the Texas Tribune. [read post]
14 May 2012, 7:56 am
"Death Sentence Reviews Leave Unsettled Issues," is the title of Brandi Grissom's report in the Texas edition of the Sunday New York Times. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 2:17 pm
Gus Grissom: He's right. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 6:14 am
Thompson, the existing landscape on oversight of prosecutors is pretty bleak.I'll write up my own notes from the event over the weekend, but here's some of the initial MSM coverage from yesterday's forum, most of which so far has focused on Michael Morton's case as opposed to the broader issues, as well as a two-part interview with Michael Morton in the Austin Statesman:KXAN-TV: Morton talks prosecutor accountabilityKVUE-TV: Exoneree Michael Morton shares his story at… [read post]
