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16 Dec 2007, 1:59 am
New Jersey's Legislature is voting this week on whether to abolish capital punishment; by doing so it would join 12 other states with no death penalty law. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 11:32 pm
" Dieter added, "It does give other legislatures the chance to say, 'Is this working in our state? [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 8:17 am
While the move is historic, New Jersey's Death Row is tiny compared to those of such busy death penalty states as Texas or Virginia, or those states with large Death Row populations, such as California or Florida. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 1:13 am
New Jersey's Legislature is voting this week on whether to abolish capital punishment; by doing so it would join 12 other states with no death penalty law.This isn't the first hiatus for executions. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 12:49 am
Illinois declared a moratorium in 2000, while several other states have conducted extensive studies of their death penalty laws.Some state legislatures have had close votes on abolition, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes the death penalty.Bills in Montana and New Mexico passed one house of the state legislature but not the second. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 1:27 am
"Writes Guest, a former East Texas prosecutor, "That is absolutely true. [read post]
12 Dec 2007, 7:48 am
New Jersey's Legislature is voting this week on whether to abolish capital punishment; by doing so it would join 12 other states with no death penalty law. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 10:05 pm
So, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is lobbying the Texas state legislature to intervene on the National Football League's behalf in the league's dispute with the cable companies over carrying the NFL Network's slate of games. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 4:22 am
Texas simply cannot sustain the rate of incarceration growth our state has experienced over the last thirty years.As I've argued ad nauseum, what's really happening here is that pure pragmatism is forcing the parole board to make decisions that the state Legislature does not have the courage to impose: Shortening sentences for nonviolent offenders to free up prison space for more dangerous folks. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 12:34 am
In any event, 22% of readers voted with me on this one, that the 81st Legislature occurs before any of those things. [read post]
8 Dec 2007, 6:12 pm
Twenty-five years ago, Texas carried outthe first execution by lethal injection in the United States. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 5:11 pm
"These guys have lots of friends and connections with the legislature," he explains. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 7:29 am
In the intervening years, the Texas Legislature expanded the types of crimes than can result in death, including the murder of a child under the age of 6. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 8:20 am
The Texas legislature has gone high-tech, at least in the variety of ways Texas law now permits a conservator to keep in touch with his or her children. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 6:48 am
At this point, you never know.SEE ALSO: Public policy report from Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (pdf) on TYC Pepper Spray Policy.RELATED: For the period I'll be in N'awlins, I've put up a reader poll asking, which will happen first at the Texas Youth Commission:The National Guard or state police are called in to guard TYC facilities because they're shortstaffedActing Executive Director Dimitria Pope is relieved of her positionA new conservator is… [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 9:12 am
" (See here, p. 5-6) Since the Texas Legislature only meets 140 days every two years, interim charges are topics that standing committees study in between to prepare to address more complex issues in a short time frame, meaning it's highly likely these subjects will be the topic of substantive legislation in 2009. [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 6:53 am
There was legislation passed in the Texas legislature unanimously to put a halt on it. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 10:18 pm
See the comments for more detail.)If TYC cannot reverse understaffing trends, it won't be long - perhaps sometime next year - before the only option left will be to bring in the National Guard or state police to keep staffing levels at statutorily mandated 12-1 ratios. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 1:31 am
(It's also worth noting that federal courts have not been asked to rule on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage; advocates have pursued change in state courts and state legislatures. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 11:16 pm
(Jeff Blackburn, Chief Counsel at the Innocence Project of Texas, tells me he expects more exonerations to come before the Texas Legislature reconvenes in January 2009.) [read post]
