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25 Sep 2015, 7:54 am
They want a level of fairness that isn't extended to civilians questioned by police.The opinion piece concluded by decrying a similar provision in Texas' new body cam legislation, whose regulation of camera use Grits has also criticized.A new state law providing grants for body cameras includes a provision that officers view a video before giving a statement. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 7:30 am
As the authors describe, unified Republican opposition in Colorado played a key role defeating reforms in that Democratic-controlled state, and unified Democratic opposition helped achieve a similar result in GOP-ruled Texas. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 3:56 am
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is changing its visitation, mail and commissary policies for Texas prison inmates in ways which seem arbitrary and unnecessary.Let's start with visitation. [read post]
26 Mar 2016, 7:24 am
Both those cops should be fired.Targeting union-due paycheck deductions GOP voters in the Republican primary voted by an 83-17 margin to eliminate public employee unions' ability to deduct dues from members' paychecks and Empower Texas is promoting a petition urging the Legislature to do away with the practice. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 8:15 am
" Here are just a handful of highlights:AALL announced that it is removing Texas from consideration for future conference location due to the Texas Legislature, Lt. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 11:51 am
The change came after the state Legislature failed to provide additional funding for defense attorneys contracted to handle the case by the public defender's office.And: A bill to abolish the death penalty is also before the Texas legislature, but Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos intends to proceed with 194 pending death penalty cases she has on the books. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 2:17 pm
Perez, 17-626, and companions Texas Democratic Party v. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 6:08 am
Legislature” by Laura Vozzella and Jenna Portnoy for Washington Post [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 1:17 pm
Pfeifer is a Republican who, as a state Senator, was heavily involved in passing the capital punishment bill that became Ohio’s death penalty law in 1981. [read post]
29 Jan 2018, 9:01 pm
Campaign Finance National: “How the Koch Network Learned to Thrive in the Trump Era” by James Hohmann and Michelle Ye Hee Lee for Washington Post Illinois: “Cook County Cook County Assessor Berrios Sues Over Ordinance Limiting Campaign Contributions” by Ray Long for Chicago Tribune Maine: “Maine GOP Director’s Links to Anonymous Website Add Fuel to Ethics Complaint” by Michael Shepherd for Bangor Daily News Texas: “Does Business Group’s… [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 7:49 am
State Legislatures Minnesota: “Special sessions: How often and how long? [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 9:52 am
If time permits, I will blog more about this case later.Memo to the Texas Legislature: How many problems does your "special issues" sentencing system have to cause before you wake up, dump it, and sentence on the basis of aggravating v. mitigating factors like most states do? [read post]
1 Sep 2020, 2:31 pm
"The Arizona Legislature is vested with the legislative power of the state, and has plenary power to deal with any subject within the scope of civil government unless it is restrained by the provisions of the Constitution. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 2:31 pm
Many of these states (though not all) are former slave states, such as Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 3:01 pm
What is unique about the latter incident is that New Jersey is one of six states requiring school buses to have seat belts, whereas in Texas, school buses are not required to do so. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 9:54 am
Forget that more preventable errors occur in an ER than in any other place in a hospital, or that in states like Texas where a similar immunity law was passed, ER’s have now become even more dangerous. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 10:40 am
Miles' lawyers almost had to go that route because it's the main avenue the Sharon Keller Court and the Texas Legislature have left open, so byzantine and restrictive has modern Texas habeas law become. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 9:01 pm
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Texas will finally have a committee hearing in the State House. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 9:57 am
The Texas Legislature created the Texas Forensic Science Commission in 2005 after a series of revelations about improper procedures in forensics labs used to test criminal evidence. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 12:49 am
Illinois declared a moratorium in 2000, while several other states have conducted extensive studies of their death penalty laws.Some state legislatures have had close votes on abolition, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes the death penalty.Bills in Montana and New Mexico passed one house of the state legislature but not the second. [read post]
