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16 May 2009, 10:38 am
A judge ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to publish clearer standards for determining which disaster victims qualify for housing repair funds, a decision that lawyers in the case said could provide new hope to thousands of Hurricane Ike victims whose requests were denied. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 5:51 pm
NPR Same for the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 11:43 am
According to the Houston Chronicle, "the Texas House sent a veto-proof message to Gov. [read post]
4 May 2008, 11:01 pm
Given the editorial slant of the Houston Chronicle over the past several years, it's not particularly surprising that the editors ran this editorial calling for polar bears to be declared an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act. [read post]
9 Sep 2007, 10:14 am
Today's Houston Chronicle had a nice surprise: a front-page-above-the-fold profile of Houston criminal defense lawyer Richard "Racehorse" Haynes and Houston plaintiffs' lawyer Joe Jamail (whom the article calls "the King of Torts" -- I thought Melvin Belli had retired that sobriquet). [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 1:45 pm
An op-ed in the Houston Chronicle pleads for an end to prosecutorial misconduct.An editorial in the Buffalo News urges legislators to make more progress against the problem of wrongful convictions.Florida's Innocence Commission contemplates the pitfalls of informant testimony.A new review of wrongful convictions shows that false confessions trigger additional errors. [read post]
27 May 2008, 9:07 am
This effective piece from the Houston Chronicle, which reflects on a recent Texas jury decision to reject a death sentencing for a cop-killer, caries the same headline as this post. [read post]
20 Jul 2008, 6:37 pm
Barbara Ann Radnofsky said yesterday in the Houston Chronicle that the lawyers the public should truly fear work for the executive branch.While I agree in part, I'd add that if I were indigent and accused of a crime I didn't commit, I'd be at least as concerned about the possibility of sub-par lawyering by a criminal defense attorney as misconduct by the state. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 5:52 pm
"Judge Kent resigns amid impeachment proceedings": The Houston Chronicle has a news update that begins, "U.S. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 2:23 pm
Take a look at this article from the Houston Chronicle to find out the pros and cons of each device. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 8:09 am
An AP story today by Charles Wilson, here picked up in the Houston Chronicle, reports on yesterday's Court of Appeals opinion in the case of A.B. v. [read post]
6 Aug 2007, 5:07 pm
The Houston Chronicle reports that Univisión plans to make history by airing the first U.S. presidential debates in Spanish Sept. 9 and 16 at the University of Miami. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 11:22 am
Hall told Mike Morris from the Houston Chronicle (Sept. 10) that he doesn't want crime discussions to focus on the past, which is understandable given Houston's recent record of declining crime: Data show crime has been falling nationally. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 3:30 am
In the Chronicle's seemingly never-ending campaign to give the Shell Houston Open relevance, this Steve Campbell/Sunday Chronicle article reports that SHO officials are planning on setting up the Tournament Course at Redstone in a manner similar to the way that Augusta National will be set up for next week's Master's Tournament. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 10:19 pm
There are two kinds of stories routinely published by the MSM around the New Year that both annoy me: Fluffy pieces written weeks earlier for publication while the reporter is gone, and stories that officialdom wants buried and thus releases around the slowest newsday of the year.An excellent example of the latter may be found in a Houston Chronicle story published yesterday revealing that traffic accidents in Houston increased after the installation of red light cameras… [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 5:49 am
Following up on a suggestion from Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos, Houston officials plan to create a "sobering center," reports the Houston Chronicle's Chris Moran ("Houston plans 'sobering center' at shelter instead of jail," Feb. 29), where police can take drunks instead of booking them into jail. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 12:33 pm
HCCLA President Earl Musick’s letter to the Houston Chronicle on the subject of METRO VIPRgate: Objection to searches Regarding “Undercover officers ride buses in anti-terror effort” (Page B2, Thursday), the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA), which represents more than 600 area criminal-defense lawyers, is alarmed that Metro Police Chief Victor Rodriguez invited Transportation Security Administration teams to conduct operations at… [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:15 am
" The Houston Chronicle has more. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 9:58 pm
AP's Mike Graczyk files, "Condemned Houston killer gets execution repreieve," via the Houston Chronicle website.In his petition to the appeals court, Cathey argued that executing a mentally retarded inmate would violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 9:55 am
The Houston Chronicle has this story with the news and more background. [read post]
