Search for: "THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE"
Results 4301 - 4320
of 4,757
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
7 Jun 2018, 7:06 am
Then, this week, Grits read Keri Blakinger's story in the Houston Chronicle about four prison guards being fired at TDCJ's Ramsey Unit for planting evidence on inmates, then filing grievances against them. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 4:53 am
See excellent Houston Chronicle coverage of the version that passed the Senate but died in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in 2011.Needless expansion of wiretap authorityAnother bill by Huffman, SB 188, would expand the array of law enforcement entities authorized to perform wiretaps.This is a solution looking for a problem. [read post]
24 Sep 2016, 5:04 am
Meagan Flynn at the Houston Press is right that Texas is ahead of the feds and the rest of the country right now on forensic science reform, but that fact provides cold comfort. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 10:11 am
I know Keri existed before she showed up performing criminal justice coverage for the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 3:15 pm
The Baker Institute Blog at the Houston Chronicle recently posed the question "When will marijuana be legalized in Texas? [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 8:50 am
While your correspondent was on a much-needed vacation, the Houston Chronicle's indefatigable Keri Blakinger published a story updating the Texas prison system's efforts to staff rural units, which have up to 49 percent vacancy rates. [read post]
28 May 2020, 3:15 pm
You don't have to imagine.A recent Houston Chronicle article by Julian Gill described remarkable allegations against former Harris County prosecutor turned TV star Kelly Siegler, with a federal district judge claiming that she concealed information about the recruitment of an informant from federal prison on Beaumont to convict Jeffrey Prible of capital murder in 2002. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 1:34 pm
[Photo by Harris County, copied from the Houston Chronicle article.] [read post]
17 May 2023, 10:06 am
As Laura Lee Prather, a longtime Texas First Amendment attorney, wrote recently in an op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News (PDF): That person exercising their free speech rights would be “slapped” into silence by the costly burden of the dual tracks of litigation. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 10:49 am
" According to the Houston Chronicle, out of all the various heat-related lawsuits against TDCJ, this is "the first one seeking class-action status that could open the prison system up to statewide litigation. [read post]
23 May 2020, 10:17 am
The Houston Chronicle's Gabrielle Banks and St. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 7:12 am
In related news, Grits contributing writer Eva Ruth Moravec had a feature in the Houston Chronicle about a Freeport police officer acquitted by a Brazoria County jury for shooting his unarmed neighbor in the next apartment. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
I understand Texas Monthly will publish an interview with outgoing CCA Judge Cathy Cochran early next year, though don't expect her to break decorum and speak about the insider baseball stuff.Reddy: Pretrial detention of low-risk offenders 'counterproductive for public safety'Vikrant Reddy of the Texas Public Policy Foundation authored an editorial in the Houston Chronicle explaining how "pretrial incarceration of those who do not pose a high risk of committing… [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 12:20 pm
The Austin Chronicle reported in 2009 that "prosecutors...brought in Fort Bend County Deputy Keith Pikett to conduct a 'scent lineup'" and allegedly testify to Graves' guilt based on his basset hound's ability to pick up smells more than a decade after the crime was committed. [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 1:29 pm
" See the Houston Chronicle's coverage. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 6:00 pm
” Benjamin Wermund of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act, tossing Texas challenge. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 11:07 am
During that meeting, firm chairman Robert Ruyak and Winston & Strawn managing partner Thomas Fitzgerald apparently urged Howrey partners with Winston offers to accept them as soon as possible, according to The Recorder.Many Howrey partners have already left for other firms, as chronicled in these pages. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 8:43 am
In a practice that wouldn't be allowed in today's TDCJ, he "began writing stories to support his young daughter while he was in prison," moving to New York to continue his career after his release.According to the Houston Chronicle's coverage in 1985, O Henry's (i.e, William Sydney Porter's) federal pardon application, championed by supporters including late-Texas state appellate court Judge Trueman O'Quinn, was turned down at that time… [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 5:54 am
While I'm distracted today by a family tragedy piled on top of other scheduled duties, I wanted to point out a few recent news stories that deserve Grits readers' attention which might merit further commentary if I had more time or ability to focus:Harris County Jail commentaryThe Harris County Sheriff has a column in the Houston Chronicle today that's filled with catch phrases and feel-good commentary, but for the life of me I can't tell what position Sheriff… [read post]
15 May 2011, 9:41 am
Currently, parolees who receive preliminary hearings prior to revocation spend an average of 13 additional days in county jail compared to cases with only a revocation hearing, according to the 2009 annual report (pdf) of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.The Houston Chronicle reported in December, "Each month, an average of 2,286 state parole violators are housed in Texas jails, a policy costing taxpayers at least $42 million a year. [read post]
