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30 Jan 2012, 9:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Our side" considered it a loss (I was lobbying for the Innocence Project of Texas on the subject), but the law simply did not give criminal defendants the means to keep eyewitness testimony out of evidence if lineups don't follow written policies, nor if written policies are inadequate.Ironically, though Chief Rodriguez wants to blame the Legislature for his woes, the much more significant penalty for failing to follow best practices was laid down in October by the Texas Court of… [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 4:04 pm by David Lat
Of the 1,400 people who have voted thus far in our reader poll, only 34 percent would vote “guilty” if they were jurors in the case of State v. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“I don’t think we’ll need the additional beds, but it’s a precaution,” said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston.Both Madden and Whitmire said funding for Texas’ prison treatment and rehabilitation programs have been funded at acceptable levels, meaning that additional convicts would be successfully diverted from state lockups onto parole and into community-based rehab programs that are much less… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire called keeping the Central Unit open "a concession from me to Ogden. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 5:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire called the suggestions "DOA," declaring "Their plan could dismantle many of the treatment programs that are making our criminal justice system work right now. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 6:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  The TYC section starts on page V-62 in Article V. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 2:44 am
This legislation seems premature to me - a half-cocked, git-tuff response to a lingering social conflict between church and state. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:53 am
John Whitmire, D-Houston, who chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]