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5 Mar 2015, 5:46 pm by Andrew
Houston, TX — A post office box truck in Houston allegedly ran a red light on Wednesday morning (March 4, 2015) and crashed into a car, seriously injuring a woman inside the car. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 8:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In Houston, a man named Reginald Matthews on Thursday held a press conference hoping to prod the Harris County DA into expediting his exoneration after discovering that DNA results, which weren't available until after his 1991 jury trial, showed he wasn't the perpetrator. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 1:57 pm by Emma Zack
Yesterday, journalist Radley Balko published an op-ed in the Washington Post about the Houston Law Review’s recent study of death penalty cases in Harris County, Texas, the county that has executed more people since 1976 than any other county in the United States. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:48 am by Steve Hall
  Harris County prosecutors have already vowed to appeal, and the ruling is not likely to stand for long. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 5:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"The rigidity of these rules contributes to high pre-trial detention rates in Harris County and exacerbates the County's budget woes. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 10:00 am by Nolan and Auerbach
Harris County, a part of the Houston, Texas healthcare system for the needy became the system for the greedy when it overcharged the federal government by district employees who”were asleep at the switch,”according to Commissioner Steve Radack. [read post]
20 Mar 2014, 10:20 am by Lowell Brown
To qualify, applicants must be Harris County residents 60 years of age or older and meet the Houston Volunteer Lawyers’ low-income guidelines. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 10:30 am by Adam Faderewski
In her role as executive director, Chandler will oversee HVL’s mission to provide free civil legal services to low-income people in Harris County and promote volunteerism among attorneys. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 5:17 pm by Jesse Brownstein
Prior to the final hearing, Harris County courts may require a pre-trial conference to make sure that everything is in order and that all necessary paperwork is ready to go. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 6:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In an incredibly frustrating development, Houston Mayor Annise Parker has decided to ignore Harris County's offer to partner on a joint, regional crime lab, instead suggesting the city create its own "independent" lab governed by a board of political appointees. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
To date, six Houston men have left prison after retesting of evidence indicated they were convicted of crimes they did not commit.Parker wants to make the lab independent of HPD and the city, overseen instead by a local government board similar to the Port of Houston Authority, whose members are jointly appointed by the city, county and other local municipalities. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 3:20 pm by johntfloyd
DA Announces Policy of Hiding Brady, Potentially Exculpatory Evidence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have become convinced that the only way the Williamson County District Attorney’s office will operate in a lawful and ethical manner is for the State Bar to assign an ombudsman to oversee its day-to-day handling of criminal prosecutions. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 4:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Several remarkable Houston Chronicle articles over the last month about problems at the HPD and Harris County jails develop some particularly unfortunate themes, and demonstrated some impressive team reporting chops:Calls for training, better cell checks follow Harris County jail suicides (Dec. 1)Wrote St. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 4:48 pm
As reported in the Houston Chronicle yesterday in Bexar DA calls execution justified, Bexar County DA Susan Reed has issued a report ... [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 10:01 pm by Tom K.
Or the Harris County Sports Authority's problems servicing the junk debt it issued in connection with financing the construction of Houston's Reliant Stadium for the NFL Texans? [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 8:00 am by Adam Faderewski
” The Harvest Celebration was designated a fundraiser 20 years ago and has raised almost $9.5 million for pro bono legal services in Harris County. [read post]