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13 Jun 2012, 10:21 am
Houston Chronicle: “Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters, former Texas Gov. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:28 am
It’s definitely an issue for the Attorney General’s office, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Michigan, the State Bar of Michigan and the Michigan Legislature to fix. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:22 am
Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune a couple of weeks ago had an article first published behind their Texas Weekly paywall discussing the approaching transition in leadership on criminal justice issues at the Texas Legislature. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm
The story opens:More than 20 years after Texas limited the responsibilities of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to approving or denying cases not supervising parole officers or parolees a new state report is sparking debate about whether to expand the agency's duties again.Such a change, if approved, would be the biggest shift in Texas' corrections system in decades — and the idea has sparked a turf war between the parole board and the… [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:34 am
Our friends at the Texas Legislature might suggest that new probation and parole programming effectively reduced incarceration levels without harming public safety, and because I supported them, I'd love to give the 2007 reforms credit. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 4:41 am
Texas has spent some $600 million on "border security" since 2007 on the ostensible grounds that the state must do the job if the feds won't. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 3:00 am
") In a state without an anti-SLAPP statute, my options are quite limited. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:56 am
The court: The Legislature in 2011 expanded the law specifically to include cases like Skinner's. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 1:07 pm
Brandi Grissom, for the Texas Tribune, explains.The advisory comes a month after that hearing before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in which the judges on the nine-member panel grilled attorneys for the state about their continued resistance to the testing even after a spate of DNA exonerations in Texas. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 7:01 am
That state pioneered the path recommended by experts on Rick Perry's "blue ribbon panel" (which the Legislature mostly ignored) in order to reduce violence. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 6:47 am
Time now for state policy makers to afford the subject much greater focus and resources during the 83rd Legislature. [read post]
31 May 2012, 3:12 pm
Unlike some states, Texas lists juveniles, and adults who committed their crimes as juveniles, on its public sex offender registry, a searchable website run by the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
31 May 2012, 10:40 am
State legislatures, concerned about use of fresh water for fracing, are considering legislaton to limit water withdrawals and sources. [read post]
31 May 2012, 9:40 am
State legislatures, concerned about use of fresh water for fracing, are considering legislaton to limit water withdrawals and sources. [read post]
31 May 2012, 7:00 am
It has taken those 20 years for the state legislatures to catch up with the dangers of “distracted driving. [read post]
30 May 2012, 3:20 pm
Doyle III were joined by five exonerees who collectively spent more than 90 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit, a Texas rape victim who mistakenly identified the wrong suspect, one of the three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape in 2006, and a North Carolina police captain whose department has successfully adopted interrogation and eyewitness reforms.Despite the fact that New York has the third highest number of wrongful convictions nationwide, the… [read post]
29 May 2012, 9:28 am
Cherie Townsend, head of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, announced today that she's retiring at the end of next month following harsh criticism from state Sen. [read post]
28 May 2012, 8:01 am
The same goes for political opposition to mandatory minimums: Even if Congress or state legislatures were to reduce or eliminate mandatory minimums, it would require clemency by executives or state parole boards to affect the many thousands already incarcerated under such terms. [read post]
27 May 2012, 8:01 am
First, Texas must invest more in state mental-hospital beds and expand community-based treatment services outside of (read: prior to) the criminal justice system. [read post]
23 May 2012, 11:21 am
The eyewitness identification reform bill that the Legislature passed last year is one positive step, and I'm hopeful that jurisdictions around the state fully adopt and implement best practices in accordance with the legislation. [read post]
