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13 Jun 2011, 8:01 am by Steve Hall
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles — both in the uncommon position of making a decision with international impact — should commute or postpone the death sentence of Humberto Leal, a Mexican raised in Texas, scheduled to die July 7 for the 1994 murder of Adria Sauceda, 16, in Bexar County. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 7:36 am by Steve Hall
Leal was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1994 kidnap, rape and murder of 16-year-old Adria Sauceda in Bexar County. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 4:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Nuts and bolts of citations for low-level misdemeanors explained by Travis Sheriff's Office On the source of volitional jail overcrowding in Bexar County: Why solve a problem when you can create one? [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 12:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Speaking of which, I also noticed this recent video from the Tyler Telegraph of the Smith County Sheriff's Office evidence room, where toward the end we see stacks of unrefrigerated rape kits and DNA samples kept in a shabby looking storage room. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 8:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports KSAT-TV: A major improvement project is now under way that will expand Bexar County jail services. [read post]
25 May 2011, 1:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The Sheriff said "no," but it's a safe bet Bexar isn't the only county in which Washington is seeking such an arrangement. [read post]
10 May 2011, 3:59 pm
Illnesses occurred in residents of Bexar, Travis, Guadelupe, and Hidalgo counties. [read post]
9 May 2011, 10:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In the near term, passage of HB 2725 is the most that might happen to help on that score, and I'm sure counties would be glad for even that small measure of relief.See prior, related Grits posts:Few bills proposed at Lege to remedy statewide crisis in competency restorationHarris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to… [read post]
7 May 2011, 6:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"A few years back the Bexar County probation department tried to secure identities of anonymous commenters who were employee-critics of then-probation chief Bill Fitzgerald, but if memory serves, they backed off before the issue made it up to the appellate courts. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 11:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"See prior, related Grits coverage:Assessing local impacts of proposed mental health cuts Few bills proposed at Lege to remedy statewide competency restoration crisis Budget cuts would force police officers, jails to care for mentally ill Harris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to local jails, emergency rooms'Harris… [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 8:24 am by Steve Hall
” Estrada agreed to his new sentence before state District Court Judge Sid Harle in Bexar County, TX. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 7:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"County jails are already the biggest mental hospitals," Hamilton said. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 2:28 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Pam Grennes from Mind Wanderings in San Antonio emails to let me know about a bill by state Rep. and former Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson that's up in the House County Affairs Committee on Thursday promoting the use of tents for county jail inmates, as usual modeling his suggestion on Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of Phoenix. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 6:50 am by Tom Crane
A former SAWS employee was awarded $275,000 in state district court here in Bexar County. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 5:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The county has been retaining evidence for decades, some samples since 1978.But in many places, the samples that ultimately freed DuPree, Woodard and Chatman would not have been saved. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 7:06 am by Teri Rodriguez
The paperless system now used by our Bexar County Civil Courts. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 9:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I think we're going to get slaughtered," said Leon Evans, chief executive of Bexar County Mental Health Care services. [read post]