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3 Oct 2011, 2:08 pm by Mario Madrid
Technology has changed the way we live our lives and the Texas State Legislature has enacted laws to keep up with rapid developments that overflow into the criminal defense arena. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 1:02 pm by Mario Madrid
Every two years the Texas Legislature meets in Austin to go about the business of governing the state. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 7:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In FY 2009, according to the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Texas juries sent just eight new defendants to death row - the lowest number in any single year under (at least) the state's four prior governors. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 2:58 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Over the last decade, the groups' policy advisors have been instrumental in working with the Texas legislature and Governor Rick Perry to overhaul the state's corrections system. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 11:36 am by Teri Rodriguez
Per HB 79 passed in the 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, the State Bar of Texas has appointed a task force to develop rules to determine whether a civil case requires additional resources for efficient judicial management. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 11:36 am by Teri Rodriguez
Per HB 79 passed in the 82nd Legislature, First Called Session, the State Bar of Texas has appointed a task force to develop rules to determine whether a civil case requires additional resources for efficient judicial management. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 3:17 am by Bob Kraft
Texas has long ranked at or near the top of all states for highest homeowner insurance premiums, thanks to our toothless Department of Insurance and the Republican Legislature that took away almost all enforcement power. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
These types of "diligent participation" or "earned time" credits have been used in other states more aggressively but in Texas have atrophied in recent years from disuse. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
These types of "diligent participation" or "earned time" credits have been used in other states more aggressively but in Texas have atrophied in recent years from disuse. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 12:27 pm by Jennifer Stephens
Legislative Reference Library of Texas Short post on using the National Conference on State Legislatures' site to track legislation. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 9:30 am by Jennifer Stephens
He reports:Texas State Law Library UPDATE:The Texas State Law Library has its funding and will not be closing!!! [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 2:19 pm by John Richards
While he may be able to help set up a pilot program, to prove to policymakers that such a system can work, it will ultimately be up to state legislatures to create such a system, and, just as importantly, to fund it. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 9:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On Friday I was in Huntsville to attend a working group meeting at Sam Houston State University, where academics at the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) are preparing a state-mandated model policy on eyewitness identification procedures. [read post]
24 Sep 2011, 5:44 pm by Jon
It is not too late to fix it if there are any problems.I can write versions of the proposal for any other state if someone is willing to push it there.Redistricting Once again the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature adopted congressional and state district maps based on the 2010 census, once again they were challenged in lawsuits by Democrats and minority groups, and once again I filed an action in intervention, proposing… [read post]
24 Sep 2011, 5:08 pm by lawmrh
One ‘war story’ was about a newly appointed Illinois judge “freshly plucked from the state legislature where he publicly opposed the policy you’re advocating. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 9:31 am by Lovechilde
And six states controlled by Republican governors and legislatures – Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin – will require voters to produce a government-issued ID before casting ballots. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 7:45 am by Steve Hall
Whitmire asked that the agency end the practice of last meals or he would get the State Legislature to pass a bill doing so. [read post]