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10 Mar 2010, 12:58 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
To get a sense of criticisms being raised by some Texas juvenile probation directors over new diversion grant funds made available by the 81st Legislature aimed at reducing Texas Youth Commission commitments, see the discussion under Item 7 in the minutes (pdf) from the Juvenile Probation Commission's November 20, 2009 meeting.Some agencies spurned the process and local departments didn't apply for all the diversion money, leaving enough for roughly 30 additional… [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 12:32 pm by Eric Turkewitz
Epstein does today in the Wall Street Journal (via PofL)...Do Texas Med-Mal Damage Caps Work? [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 10:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But the real message it sends should be to budget writers at the Texas Legislature: Drug penalties that high are not only unjust but unsustainably expensive. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 7:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Then everyone wonders and complains why 25% of Texas drivers have no liability insurance.When Texas' surcharge was created in 2003, late in the session San Antonio state Sen. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 3:52 am by brooks
In 2003, the Texas legislature re-wrote Texas medical malpractice laws and put in place some of the most restrictive caps in the country. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 11:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
States slashing spending costs, closing unitsSome states actually shutting down prison unitsEmptying prisons makes Wired magazine's 'Smart List'California's partisan prison meltdown: Why Texas didn't go thereGood news for once: Texas among national leaders at reducing incarceration ratePew: One in 22 adult Texans under control of criminal justice system [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 9:37 am by Eugene Volokh
State, decided March 3 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (the highest Texas court for criminal matters), involved two Texas statutes. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 5:45 am by Richard Oppenheim
In the state of Texas and in Florida, the legislatures have since banned similar laws that banned the use of race in school admissions within those states. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 6:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The amount budgeted by the Texas Legislature for basic probation funding in 2010 has fallen short, and state and local probation officials are scrambling to find a solution. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 3:56 pm by Ilya Somin
House and Texas House and Texas Senate…OK, I didn’t actually know the candidates for the state legislature, by I did feel a bit guilty about that. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 3:17 pm by admin
The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 3:29 pm by ZMan!
§ 6-2-506   *PLEASE NOTE: The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) serves state legislators and their staff. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 10:08 am by R.J. MacReady
Thus, in the majority’s view, using a fabricated document to get a confession is “exactly the type of law violation that the Texas Legislature intended to prohibit when it enacted article 38.23 . . . violation of §37.09 (or §37.10) to obtain a confession or other evidence is at the core of conduct proscribed by the Texas exclusionary statute.Moreover, while the United States Supreme Court and the CCA have long stated that police may… [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 12:28 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Reporting on the same state senate hearing described in this Grits post last week, the Texas Tribune's Brandi Grissom today notes that Gov. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 8:02 am by Steve Hall
“The State of Texas cannot give back the time he spent in prison away from his loved ones, but today I was finally able to tell her we have cleared his name, and hope this brings a measure of peace to his family. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 10:28 pm by Ilya Somin
Perhaps Congress or the Hawaii state legislature would be justified in enacting some such measure for the benefit of native Hawaiians. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 2:38 pm by Louis Leichter
  In the past two months I have noticed a significant rise in the number of Dentist’s seeking potential legal representation before the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. [read post]