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8 Dec 2010, 3:44 am
” Members of the Texas Legislature, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Texas Medical Association, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Center for Public Policy Priorities and many others were instrumental in getting the new rules adopted. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 2:17 am
” Members of the Texas Legislature, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Texas Medical Association, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Center for Public Policy Priorities and many others were instrumental in getting the new rules adopted. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 3:27 pm
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reports that Mothers Against Drunk Driving dislikes legislation filed by state Sen. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 11:50 am
This number does not take into account states that have extreme numbers of executions or death row inmates, such as Texas or California. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 7:57 am
"Texas judge puts state's death penalty on trial," is the Reuters report by Chris Baltimore. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 1:34 pm
Several of the state's coroners and prosecutors, along with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, mounted a brief campaign last year to reinstate Hayne, but that effort was defeated by the Mississippi legislature earlier this year. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 12:54 pm
Reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:Mimi Coffey wants to scrap Texas' Driver Responsibility Program.If she doesn't accomplish the task first, the Texas Legislature appears poised to do so.The Fort Worth defense attorney has filed a federal lawsuit asserting that the surcharges assessed through the program are unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment.The act, established in 2003, violates the double-jeopardy clause in the U.S. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 12:44 pm
I hope the Legislature rolls back this activist ruling next spring. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 8:50 am
A challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty as practiced in Texas unfolds in a hearing in state District Judge Kevin Fine's court tomorrow. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 5:01 am
See related Grits posts: Governor: Graves case shows system works (just not Texas')Flurry of media surrounding Anthony Graves exoneration Legislature should limit immunity for sleazebag prosecutors like Charles SebestaAnthony Graves: Innocent and free 16 years after unfounded death sentenceProgress and its Discontents - or, What I learned from an article in Texas Monthly (guest post by Jeff Blackburn) [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 2:43 am
I plan on doing the same in Florida and Texas in 2011. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 8:00 am
Only two justices presumed to tell the people that "evolving standards of decency" negated the view of both the national legislature and the vast majority of the states, forbidding capital punishment altogether. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 6:34 pm
According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving MADD, these are the statistics for 2010 for the State of Texas. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 11:15 am
It seems, the drinking mentality in Texas is ingrained into the state. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 8:26 am
The state of Texas executed him on Dec. 7, 2000, with Jones maintaining his innocence. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 6:37 am
Also in 2005, the Texas Legislature amended Section 12.31(a) of the Texas Penal Code to require Life Without Parole (LWOP) sentences for capital cases in which the State does not seek the death penalty. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 6:08 pm
As chief justice of the United States, Chase is chiefly remembered for his nationalistic opinion in Texas v. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 5:07 pm
Patterson, No. 09-0378 (Texas, Nov. 5, 2010). [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 8:53 am
(We have earned time in Texas but the parole board is regrettably free to disregard it, which they routinely do.) [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 7:44 am
For the first time in more than a decade, there’ll be a new face representing El Paso in the Texas Senate when the legislature gets back to business in January. [read post]
