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4 Feb 2008, 1:43 am
from a CNN report:[Esther] Reed assumed the identity of Brooke Henson, who was 20 years old when she disappeared more than eight years ago from Travelers Rest, investigators say.It's unclear how Reed obtained Henson's personal information, but Reed used Henson's identity to take the SAT and GED, and then applied to the schools, said Jon Campbell, a Travelers Rest [S.C] Police Department investigator who spoke to CNN last year.Officials at Harvard University… [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 10:00 pm
This must-read Scott Henson post does an excellent job of defining the parameters of the increasingly serious problems on the Texas-Mexico border. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 9:17 pm
I’ve written about “Austin Marijuana” laws before, and perhaps unwisely, I joked that Austin is Weird, but unfortunately, it is constrained by the laws of the great State of Texas and therefore no different when it comes to marijuana laws than anywhere else in the Lone Star State.Scott Henson called me on it, in a comment:Two caveats. 1) Austin supposedly will soon implement HB 2391 that allows tickets instead of arrest for pot at an officer's option. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 12:56 pm
As you would expect, Scott Henson has the latest on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice including a coming big change in prisoners' access to telephones and a shortage of doctors for the prison system. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:26 am
"So I emailed my Dad, Tom Henson, a Tyler-based barrister who's practiced Texas tort law for more than 45 years and is the president-elect of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 3:57 am
Scott Henson has started 2008 on fire at Grits for Breakfast, and some of the powers-that-be are taking note. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 5:37 pm
Common Pleas Judges James Henson and James DeWeese recused themselves from the case because of their working relationships with Campain. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 10:00 pm
Scott Henson and Radley Balko comment on the unacceptable revelations of, at minimum, prosecutorial negligence in Dallas. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 10:01 pm
Scott Henson provides his usual lucid commentary. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 3:02 am
In "DEFENSIVE PUBLISHING: A STRATEGY FOR MAINTAINING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS PUBLIC GOODS," Stephen Adams and Victoria Henson-Apollonio discuss the five areas for special consideration for organizations that want to take the defensive publication route: form,accessibility, timeliness, unambiguous publication date, and the rights arising from a disclosure. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 7:49 pm
Scott Henson reporting on a police officer sentenced to federal prison for extortion (accepting a $5000 bribe from undercover federal agents to protect a phony shipment of cocaine) notes that the local paper ‘bragged’ about the new and improved police force:Describing the sentence, the McAllen Monitor optimistically concluded, without apparent irony, "Elsa’s police department has had considerable turnover since the men’s arrests; however,… [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 8:34 am
Congratulations to Karl Keys at Capital Defense Weekly, Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast, and Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy for inclusion in the ABA Journal Blawg 100's Crime Time section. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 2:09 am
If readers will forgive an off-topic point of personal privilege, congratulations to my father, Tom Henson, for his recent selection as president-elect of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel (that's civil, not criminal defense attorneys). [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 10:23 am
Over at Grits For Breakfast, Scott Henson has a provocative argument that probation isn't always inappropriate for murder: As I wrote in a "first impression" about the series, it's possible to: identify several recurring situations where murderers frequently received probation: a) Prosecutors had weak or circumstantial cases and the defendant may not have done it, b) the defendant was guilty via the "law of parties" but didn't actually kill anyone… [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 7:42 am
Scott Henson has some thoughtful reflections in, "Privatize the death penalty? [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 10:00 pm
Thankfully, Bonds does not appear to face a draconian trial penalty if he chooses to defend himself at trial; Reason's Hit & Run blog provides this balanced compendium of blog posts and articles from over the years that remind us that witch hunts are common when a controversial person such as Bonds is prosecuted for covering up an alleged crime when the investigation was actually into the alleged crime, not the cover up; and Along those same lines, Scott Henson questions the… [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 3:01 am
Scott Henson's letter, printed 11-12-07 in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, and wanted to thank him for his kind remarks but to also correct some of his information. [read post]