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11 Feb 2009, 11:46 am
Executions continue in Texas at their usual high rate, and the Virginia legislature has, once again, passed a bill to expand the death penalty (HB2358 and SB961) to include those involved in murders who do not actually pull the trigger. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 7:44 am
Last session the Legislature increased state funding to help ensure access to court appointed counsel for low-income Texans. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 4:30 pm
Cole was a Texas Tech student when he was convicted in 1985 of rape and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 8:20 am
The Legislature must create one. [read post]
8 Feb 2009, 5:38 pm
Alabama would join Texas as the only state that authorizes surgical castration only, in which testicles, which produce most of the body's testosterone, are surgically removed. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 5:32 pm
As codified in the Texas Family Code, the Texas Legislature has set out what is essentially the "recommended" visitation schedule for parents (and other conservators) in a Divorce or other family law cases (such as a Modification case, Paternity Case, or other Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship "SAP-CR" matter). [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 6:57 am
Minnesota's legislature is considering enacting an FCA modeled on the federal law. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 2:53 pm
Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), and of recent 9th Circuit precedent (to wit, Witt v. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 9:53 am
I've written several times about the deplorable conditions in the Texas state schools for the disabled. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 7:47 pm
After years of failed attempts by death penalty opponents to bring a repeal bill to a vote in the state legislature, Texas and the South will always be an unfortunate anomaly. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 12:43 pm
Also, Virginia's legislature recently voted to expand that state's death penalty law. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 7:46 am
After years of failed attempts by death penalty opponents to bring a repeal bill to a vote in the state legislature, Maryland Gov. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 9:52 am
The article is subtitled, "State legislature hits old standbys: guns, executions, property taxes and breaking away. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 11:33 pm
I can't think of a single penalty enhancement EVER passed by the Texas Legislature that reduced the targeted offense by that amount.So let's translate this observation to the realm of criminal laws. [read post]
31 Jan 2009, 3:48 pm
First, the Texas legislature has stated that the prosecutor may reduce a state jail felony to a misdemeanor. [read post]
31 Jan 2009, 1:58 pm
Texas state Rep. [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 12:44 pm
How many more cases do we need to see where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense before the state bar, the courts or the Legislature act to sanction them? [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 8:27 am
Yesterday, the House adopted its rules (HR 2 begins on page 77 of the House Journal) for the 81st Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 11:15 pm
Reacting to news that the number of youth certified to stand trial as adults in Texas increased 30.9% after the passage of SB 103 in 2007, TYC's independent ombudsman recommended "that the Texas Legislature restore TYC's jurisdiction over youths serving determinate sentences until they reach their 21st birthdays. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 4:00 am
The 81st session of the Texas Legislature began on January 13th, but no tax bills have moved forward since then. [read post]
