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21 Apr 2008, 8:30 am
Harris County Commissioners Court agreed to study this issue.Viren also writes a sidebar, "Public defender system has its critics. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 12:44 am
The Houston Chronicle this morning published an excellent letter from a local attorney in support of creating a public defender office in Harris County:As a lawyer, I read the story about Commissioners Court funding a study whether a public defender's office in Harris County is needed and feasible with great interest. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 9:16 am
Harris County (Houston) Commissioners have instructed the county's budget officer to examine public defender offices with the possibility of creating one for the county. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 3:40 pm
Interested parties are swallowing this news with a healthy dose of skepticism, but the County Commissioners Court took a step closer to the creation of a Public Defender Office in Harris County by approving the commission of a study on the financial impact of establishing a PD office. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 2:18 am
Considering how much money Harris County spends on its criminal justice system, I'm surprised their commissioners court appears to have barely ever considered the idea of a public defender office, which state Sen. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 10:58 am
In Harris County, too many juvenile cases went the deferred prosecution route until the mid-1990s, and juvenile crime increased, he said. ... [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 11:54 pm
Edmonds further suggested that "more prosecutors might go to direct file systems with 24/7 review to weed out bad cases up front in an attempt to save the county some money (but only if they can convince their commissioners to fund it!). [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 2:17 am
All that's needed is one judge to support it and county commissioners to fund it. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 11:09 pm
Harris County officials have many options besides jail building to reduce overcrowding, if local judges and the commissioners court would support them, but Sheriff Thomas is pursuing policies that make the problem worse. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 2:08 am
The big issue in the race: "Dallas County residents have had two recent tax rate increases to help pay for the millions of dollars worth of jail guard positions, jail medical facilities, and maintenance and construction costs that commissioners have approved. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 7:22 pm
This is making the Harris County Commissioners' dithering over the Astrodome hotel project look downright prudent in comparison. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 12:30 pm
Sheriffs who want to allow immigration officials to detain more immigrants in local Texas jails are running up against a backlash from county commissioners who don't want to foot the bill for federal detainees.I'd identified that problem earlier when Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas proposed such a change as part of his primary re-election campaign. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 2:23 am
County commissioners invited USDOJ consultants to assess their situation, and DOJ "told commissioners the jail was being 'over-used,' and that more innovative programs could be implemented so that non-violent offenders 'never occupy a bed in the jail.'" In response, over the past year Nacogdoches has been doing just that. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 12:04 am
I think the debate should center on whether it is unbelievably stupid given Harris County's jail overcrowding woes. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 10:10 pm
I understand that Ed Emmett is not the Chronicle's favored candidate for Harris County Judge. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:59 am
That's the title of today's latest report in the Houston Chronicle on Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal's e-mail problems. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 12:51 am
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers attention:Now Rosenthal is really out ... maybeChuck Rosenthal finally decided not to run for re-election for Harris County District Attorney, but ironically he may have screwed up the letter asking to be removed from the ballot. [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 12:57 am
"Payment to Texas counties ranged from $308 to Dimmit County to $2.8 million to Harris County (Houston). [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 7:20 am
Adult AD/HD Support Group of Central New Hampshire (603) 226-6121 North Conway/Carroll County Joanne Duncan White Mountain AD-IN Phone: (603) 356-2714 Autism Autism Society of New Hampshire P.O. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 7:21 am
Below you will find the UCP affiliates for Georgia: UCP of Georgia 3300 NE Expressway, Building 9 Atlanta, GA 30341 Phone: (770) 676-2000; (888) 827-9455 (Toll Free) Fax: (770) 455-8040 E-mail: info@ucpga.org Web: http://www.ucpga.org UCP of Georgia (Macon and Middle Georgia Office) 2992 Crestline Drive Macon, GA 31204 Phone: (912) 477-4673 Fax: (912) 471-8221 GEORGIA STATE RESOURCES AGING Aging Connection Atlanta Regional Commission Aging Services Division 3715 Northside Parkway 200… [read post]
