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17 Dec 2008, 4:53 pm
Texas has used the death penalty far more than any other state, executing 405 inmates. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 7:39 am
LBB Projections IgnoredSunset failed to base its analysis supporting facility closures on the Legislative Budget Board's official projections regarding youth crime and incarceration in their five year population estimates (pdf), which are used to set agency budgets.In 2007 the Legislature took steps aimed at reducing inmate populations at the Texas Youth Commission, including shifting 19-20 year olds to TDCJ and refusing to take misdemeanants at state youth prisons. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 12:16 pm
"More than 1,500 Texas offenders who had their records sealed from public view were charged with new crimes in the past two years, reports the Dallas Morning News. [read post]
14 Dec 2008, 3:24 pm
I'll look forward to seeing what Texas Voices will be working on during the 81st Texas Legislature. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 10:04 pm
Did the court of appeals err in effectively concluding that the written statement of a county judgment effectively overrules an act of the legislature? [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 12:18 pm
State Rep. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 11:17 am
We urge the Texas Legislature to pass Rep. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 7:38 am
(Similar changes, at a minimum, are needed at the Dallas Sheriff.)Look for some of these issues to be debated in the 81st Texas Legislature in light of the recent spate of DNA exonerations. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 9:28 am
If the 81st Texas Legislature weren't nearly upon us, it'd be easy and timely to devote much more attention on Grits to criminal justice topics south of the border. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 7:29 pm
Attorney Leura Canary, he still didn't have much of a chance to get away from the other mass of Republicans foaming at the mouth for the opportunity to take over the Alabama State Legislature. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 4:46 pm
But the Tanner case might turn out to be very meaningful for Texas insurers if it prompts action by the Legislature or the Texas Department of Insurance to make sure those hypothetical questions at oral argument don’t become a reality here.1 This footnote is veering toward economics more than law, so stop reading if you don’t want my non-expert opinion. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 5:36 pm
Taking it as a directive and advocating that the legislature repeal the current ban and not oppose this adoption is the intelligent response. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 4:18 am
Typically, registry listing of sex offenders is controlled entirely by legislatures. [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 3:24 pm
From the Dallas News Crime Blog:The Tarrant County District Attorney's office is asking the state Attorney General whether the Texas Youth Commission can make juveniles register as sex offenders. [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 1:59 pm
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series analyzing highlights from the Texas Youth Commission/Juvenile Probation Comission "Sunset" staff report released earlier this month.Whether or not the Legislature agrees to merge the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission as proposed in the Sunset Advisory Commission staff report (pdf), Sunset staff raise a number of significant concerns that need to get resolved one way or another,… [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 2:54 pm
"Texas doesn't seem to have this problem, does it? [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 8:29 am
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa for holding the agency's feet to the fire and pressuring them to withdraw the request.Meanwhile, even though the Texas Legislature declined in 2007 to authorize changes to comply with the federal REAL ID program, DPS is plowing ahead with REAL-ID spawned plans to issue special drivers licenses for immigrants (with a vertical instead of horizontal format). [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 10:40 pm
Similar to other state reporting laws, the Texas law would obligate companies to disclose annually the name and address of the individual responsible for the company’s compliance. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 6:13 pm
Dolin was removed from the case in April and Brookins, the former assistant superintendent at TYC's West Texas State School in Pyote, has repeatedly pledged to hire another attorney. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 7:32 am
The system, known as SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor), is currently monitoring 1,300 DUI offenders each day in the state of Texas. [read post]
