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7 May 2017, 8:11 am
So Whitmire was pledging to address a problem in a bill which he had already killed just hours before. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 1:00 am
"I really don't know what the urgency was, other than to deplete that fund. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 3:53 am
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire filed complaints this week against three Harris County magistrate judges - Eric Hagstette, Jill Wallace, and Joseph Licata III - after the Houston Chronicle published video of the assembly-line justice which has become routine in Texas' largest county. [read post]
23 May 2015, 6:55 am
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire is carrying the bill in the senate. [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 10:03 am
Sure, you can tell people their rights and even their lives don't matter as much as the officers' under the law. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 5:44 am
These type of nickel and dime proposals not only don't get close to the level of cuts needed, they set the agency up to fail in the long run by increasing recidivism and future incarceration costs. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 4:50 am
"Let me just tell you," said Whitmire, "because you don't have a board that can be held accountable ... the buck stops with you. [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 11:55 am
LINK"It appears we're probably wasting millions of dollars filling up beds with people who don't need to be there," Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston, said after reviewing the statistics. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 7:29 am
Most members of the commission don’t do investigative work and need training, he says. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 12:47 pm
John Whitmire, D-Houston, chair of the Texas Senate's criminal justice committee. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 8:30 am
John Whitmire recently mentioned that about 300 women were locked up in TDCJ for prostitution, citing them among potential candidates for reducing inmate numbers. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 2:55 pm
John Whitmire. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 3:27 am
John Whitmire will be pleased at this news. [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 4:04 pm
I don’t know that he ever missed class,” Whitmire said.That day’s guided-preparation session was important because those who attend it typically score 15 to 20 points higher on the bar exam, Whitmire said. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 7:19 am
Whitmire that session back in 1993. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 5:22 am
I don't always agree with Sen. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 7:32 am
I don't know Mr. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 6:30 am
Governor Dan Patrick sent it to the State Affairs Committee chaired by Joan Huffman instead of John Whitmire's Criminal Justice Committee, as would be typical of a bill adjusting the Code of Criminal Procedure. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:17 am
“I don’t think we’ll need the additional beds, but it’s a precaution,” said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston.Both Madden and Whitmire said funding for Texas’ prison treatment and rehabilitation programs have been funded at acceptable levels, meaning that additional convicts would be successfully diverted from state lockups onto parole and into community-based rehab programs that are much less… [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 10:28 am
But most bills don't hinge on partisan issues and Republicans don't vote as a unified block on everything.Looking at the big picture, switching from 21 to 19 votes makes it easier for bills of any stripe to pass, meaning the Lege will likely pass a greater volume of legislation overall (of as yet unknown content) under the new rules. [read post]
