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1 Apr 2007, 2:58 pm
LINKWhen 38-year-old Craig Watkins was elected the county's first African-American district attorney in November, he wasted no... [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 1:10 am
11th Circuit's Harassment Ruling Gives Employers an Extra Tool Fulton County Daily Report Lawyers who defend employers in discrimination and harassment cases before the 11th U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 9:57 pm
Under the sentence handed down by Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville, she will remain at the facility until she meets state rehabilitation standards or reaches her 21st birthday. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 6:25 pm
  Under the sentence handed down by Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville, she will remain at the facility until she meets state rehabilitation standards or reaches her 21st birthday. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 11:38 am
It's up in tomorrow's Senate Criminal Justice Committee and deserves bipartisan support.Such policies are already in place voluntarily in some counties, including larger jurisdictions like Dallas, Tarrant and Wichita. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 9:15 am
And a couple of publicity clips from last year that I didn't round up at the time: at the North County Times' The Californian, Bridgit Jordan quotes me on Mayor Bloomberg's anti-tobacco philanthropy ("Donation may go up in smoke", Aug. 22); and Joseph Goldstein of the New York Sun quotes me in an illuminating article about the "creeping oversight" of New York City government operations obtained by the feds through consent decrees and the like ("Bush… [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 1:02 am
The deal has been in the works for weeks as Dallas-based Jenkens sheds lawyers and offices around the country. [read post]
25 Mar 2007, 6:09 am
The bill would create pretrial victim-offender mediation programs in counties over 100,000 for misdemeanors and state jail felonies. [read post]
24 Mar 2007, 2:11 am
Here are a few recent Texas criminal justice news stories that caught my attention but I haven't found time to blog about:Kids removed from immigrant detention center after sex abuse allegationsFinal Tulia defendants compensated from innocence fundVeteran parole officer sues agency over discrimination, racial slursCourt of Criminal Appeals: Abilene prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidenceThe First Amendment and the Dallas County JailAustin judge won't commit new kids to… [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 3:12 am
In Dallas County Jail, subscriptions have been banned for going on a year now and Prison Legal News, a 17 [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 10:35 am
The Innocence Project reports that in Dallas County 12 Defendants who were convicted (not all were DP cases) have been exonerated within the last 5 years. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 2:07 am
Other recent additions to the Shanghai outpost include corporate associate Richard Chao from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and three new Chinese legal consultants. Winstead Adds 12 More Lawyers From Jenkens Texas Lawyer Dallas-based Winstead, which added 18 lawyers this month from the San Antonio and Austin, Texas, offices of Jenkens & Gilchrist, will add 12 more Jenkens lawyers, including six from the Dallas firm's headquarters. [read post]
12 Mar 2007, 3:01 pm by Bridget
This article appeared in the Washington Post on March 5, 2007:New Prosecutor Revisits Justice in DallasDistrict Attorney Embraces Innocence Project and 'Smart on Crime' ApproachBy Sylvia MorenoWashington Post Staff WriterDALLAS -- Craig Watkins is still settling into his 11th-floor office overlooking the city skyline, hanging up pictures, arranging his plaques -- and revolutionizing the criminal justice system he oversees.Sworn in as Dallas County district attorney on… [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 7:53 am
This in addition to the discovery this week of a registered sex offender working as a guard at a TYC facility in Coke County, and of course the Pyote scandal. [read post]
9 Mar 2007, 7:35 am
Then again, we are talking about a case out of [cue scary sound effects] Dallas County! [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 12:55 pm
The Harris County Jail is also understaffed, and the Dallas jail can't find enough guards either. [read post]
7 Mar 2007, 9:05 pm
From washingtonpost.com: In an unprecedented act for any jurisdiction in the nation, New Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins recently announced he would allow the Texas affiliate of the Innocence Project to review hundreds of Dallas County cases dating back... [read post]
7 Mar 2007, 8:53 am
That's a topic I seldom hear discussed by Texas District and County Attorneys. [read post]