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22 Jan 2008, 5:45 am
The report revealed two key trends in Texas regarding incarceration of African Americans for drug crimes: Wide disparities between the number of blacks sent to prison compared to whites, and impressive differences in the size of disparities among jurisdictions, including some of Texas more "liberal" areas evincing the highest differences.For convenience, I republish here the table I compiled from JPI's Texas data ("rates" given are per 100,000… [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:37 pm
Just a few jail-related headlines from around the state:Staffing improved, though Dallas jail still fails inspectionThe Dallas County Jail failed its state inspection last week for the fifth straight year. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 5:12 am
Flood also followed up with helpful links to more grand-jury explanations on her blog.As an aside, and spoken as a longtime Texas-based journalist, I can't help but express dismay when I see The New York Times deploying more staff resources to cover this story than the Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 11:28 am
Either step is considered a formality after Creuzot's ruling.Chatman became the 15th inmate from Dallas County since 2001 to be freed by DNA testing. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 2:37 pm
"Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina indicted in connection with fire": The Dallas Morning News provides an update that begins, "A Houston grand jury indicted Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife on Thursday in connection with a June fire at their Spring, Texas home. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 9:41 am
A former Dallas County prosecutor whose family started a string of popular hamburger joints, Keller is the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and right now the same lawyers who are quick to share an endearing anecdote about the judge will also tell you that she's not fit to serve on the bench. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 12:11 am
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16 Jan 2008, 10:39 pm
Nobody expects the Dallas jail to 100% pass its inspection this week by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, but if they've really solved their short-term understaffing crisis it will be a big accomplishment.After many years of non-compliance with state standards, Dallas County has nearly eliminated staffing problems at the jail, the Dallas News reports, but only by spending more than $9 million last year in overtime. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 10:54 pm
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards decided to conduct a surprise visit to the Dallas County Jail rather than wait for their regularly scheduled inspection in March, reports the Dallas News ("Jail gets surprise inspection," Jan. 14). [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 9:49 am
Texas has set free 15 inmates wrongly convicted in Dallas alone since 2001, including a man released this month who had spent 27 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 7:23 am
Sam Allen, Dallas lawyer Peter Schulte and Roy H. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 2:34 am
At first blush, it appears that Texas is locking up innocent folks leftand right. [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 11:57 pm
On Thursday at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's briefing, I heard Bexar County DA Susan Reed describe offenders who receive probation sentences instead of jail as getting a "free ride," which always strikes me as an odd thing to say, though you hear it a lot (an audio of her remarks has been posted online). [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 1:30 am
(See the rest of this Grits post for a table detailing pretrial detention rates in larger Texas counties, most of which are well over 50%.)I don't believe this trend best serves public safety. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:26 am
Yesterday afternoon I had the chance to chat briefly with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and I brought up the case of Charles Chatman, the latest innocent man freed as a result of DNA testing in old Dallas County cases. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 12:19 pm
Reported the Dallas News ("Texas Youth Commission Executive Billy Humphrey Abruptly Quits," Jan. 10): Mr. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 9:26 am
A spokeswoman for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said the prosecutor's office will ask that the date be set aside if no one files an appeal on the inmate's behalf. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 9:02 am
"That's the context you have to put it in," said Marquart, director of the criminology and sociology programs at the University of Texas at Dallas. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 2:04 am
Dean's story parrots the false assessment from the Dallas News that Travis County is the only jurisdiction using the new authority. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 1:31 am
But we've seen scandals take down Sheriffs in Dallas, Bexar and Potter Counties regarding allegedly improper or bribe-influenced commissary contracts, so it'll be interesting to see which contracts related to county jails wind up being wrapped into the investigation.It wasn't that long ago that the Cameron County Sheriff was convicted of escorting drug smugglers through his county, and San Antonio city council members went to prison for… [read post]
