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27 Nov 2007, 9:07 pm
Some state legislatures attaching sweeping new tort liabilities to the provision of abortions [Childs] Three nominees for worst-founded medical lawsuit, lamentably unsourced [Medical Justice] Spokane psychiatrist shouldn't have engaged in romantic (though not sexually consummated) dalliance with forty-ish patient; that much is clear. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 3:04 pm
The Entergy ruling ignored the Legislature's previous actions on the issue that were pro-worker. [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 12:43 am
Reported Moore:Last year, 32,585 prisoners were released on state parole in Texas, and many of them returned to neighborhoods where they live among thousands of other parolees and probationers. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 10:12 pm
He supports reducing probation lengths for most criminal offenses to five years, and expects legislation to that effect to be introduced at the Texas Legislature in 2009:House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Plano, sponsored a bill to shorten the maximum probation for third-degree and state jail felony theft and narcotics offenses from 10 to five years. [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 12:36 pm
The Texas Legislature has, once again, taken power out of the hands of the people (juries) and put it in the hands of bureaucrats (prosecutors and judges).Justice is not something that can be defined by fiat. [read post]
More waiting on TYC pepper spray lawsuit outcome; Austin Chronicle piles on TYC media disapprobation
21 Nov 2007, 11:29 am
The Texas Youth Commission was back in court today over pepper spray, but hadn't yet come to an agreement with Advocacy Inc. and Texas Appleseed. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 11:18 pm
These are cases in which the State often couldn't secure convictions despite being technically murder; it'll be even less able to secure convictions in the future from juries that know that, if they convict, prison will be the only option.That strikes me as an accurate assessment of the general public's attitude toward intentional killing in Texas, whether by the state or by individuals. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 10:54 am
She said copies of the resolution, once approved by the council, will be sent to each state legislator and also to area city councils for them to possibly use as a guide in passing similar resolutions. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 3:05 pm
Texas is typically notorious for being a "hang em" state, where the death penalty is about as easy to get as junk mail. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 5:30 am
That's why those cities have civil service commissions, and it's unfortunate and misguided - an homage to police union power at the Texas Legislature - that state law gives officers who've engaged in serious misconduct so many extra appeals.Second, the arbitrator's reinstatement of Officer Lincoln implies that - as a matter of policy if not in the opinion of the Arlington police chief - that steroid abuse is not a firing offense at that agency. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 4:55 am
The Dallas News on Sunday called for "A Fix Closer to Home" for the Texas Youth Commission, arguing that the state gains no measurable public safety benefit from sending most youth to TYC: As the governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force Report notes, Texas, unlike demographically similar California, chooses to incarcerate more younger offenders for less serious crimes but achieves no better youth crime rates. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 11:05 pm
Purchase "What Texas Counties Must Know to Survive the TYC Meltdown" To provide some context, the Texas Legislature in 2007 forbade counties from sending youth with misdemeanor offenses to state youth lockups, providing new money (though not enough, county officials say) to manage those youth locally.That action raised a hue and cry from local judges, probation departments and detention centers who complained that repeat misdemeanor offenders were often… [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 10:07 pm
State, 137 P.3d 1234 (Okla.Crim. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 1:35 am
Why not change the rules governing snitch testimony to prevent wrongful convictions on the front end instead of making it easier to use unreliable testimony, as the Tennessee judge did.Given all the recent Texas innocence cases, this is a subject I'd hope the Texas Legislature would take up in 2009, along with other needed innocence reforms. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 3:09 am
Four hours before convicted murderer Michael Richard was executed by the State of Texas on September 25, his lawyers notified the Court of Criminal Appeals that, because of computer problems, his appeal wouldn't be filed until fifteen to thirty minutes after 5 p.m. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 10:45 pm
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman reports ("Guard shortage forces inmate transfers," Nov. 9) that:A shortage of guards at a remote West Texas boot camp has forced the Texas Youth Commission to move almost half of the incarcerated teenagers to other state lockups, officials said Thursday. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 6:00 am
According to the Election Night Returns page on the Texas Secretary of State’s web site, on Tuesday the voters approved Proposition 6, a state constitutional amendment authorizing an exemption from ad valorem tax for one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used for both business and personal purposes; i.e., so-called "mixed-use" vehicles. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 8:44 am
They should start by implementing HB 2391, the only legislation passed in 2007 by the 80th Texas Legislature aimed at reducing jail overcrowding.In both Harris and Smith counties, the Sheriffs and local PDs refused to allow their officers to use new discretion created this year by the Legislature to issue a summons instead of making an arrest for certain low-level, nonviolent offenses. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 7:30 am
Supreme Court had accepted a case challenging the constitutionality of the lethal injection methods used in Texas and other states. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 2:40 am
To find out where to vote, call the Texas Secretary of State voter information line toll-free at (800) 252-VOTE. [read post]
