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5 Nov 2007, 6:11 am
And thanks to new rule changes, youth sent to TYC will now get out much quicker than in the past.So how was the response from Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature to the Youth Commission crisis any different than what's happening in the UK? [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 8:33 pm
by Sandra Babcock; Human Rights / American Bar Association; November 04, 2007The debate over capital punishment in the United States--be it in the courts, in state legislatures, or on nationally televised talk shows--is always fraught with emotion. [read post]
4 Nov 2007, 8:33 pm
by Sandra Babcock; Human Rights / American Bar Association; November 04, 2007The debate over capital punishment in the United States--be it in the courts, in state legislatures, or on nationally televised talk shows--is always fraught with emotion. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 1:52 am
Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation suggests that with the Legislature considering greater regulation in the wake of the abusive conditions alleged at a private youth prison in Coke County, Texas "should not abandon the use of competition in corrections," but use the incident as "a promising opportunity to boldly restructure such outsourcing. [read post]
1 Nov 2007, 1:53 am
What do you think: When will Texas' next execution take place, and will Texas be the first state to execute another condemned man? [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 12:06 am
Here's a frustrating trend that only has an electoral solution: Harris County disproportionately certifies youth offenders to stand trial as an adult than any other county, and the trend is worsening in response to reform legislation passed earlier this year by the Texas Legislature. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
Poison gas was adopted in the USA in 1921 and was eventually used by 11 states.(7)Lethal injection was proposed and adopted in 1977 in Oklahoma and Texas and subsequently in other states.(8) Other countries have also sought to make execution more palatable. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 5:22 am
View the article here10/28/2007Half of state's underage teens in adult prisons sent by Harris CountySince state and local authorities declared war on juvenile crime in the 1990s, Harris County courts consistently have prosecuted more underage teens as adults than four other major Texas counties combined.As a result, Harris County accounts for half of all underage teens in the state's adult prisons, despite youths here accounting for just 15 percent of… [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 3:49 pm
That issue has particular resonance in Pennsylvania, where a 2005 middle-of-the-night decision by the legislature to grant pay raises for all three branches of government continues to roil state politics. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 12:16 pm
The current Texas Legislature supports legal gun owners rights, even if law enforcement or DAs don't. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 7:18 am
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, virtual visitation legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, and Florida. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 4:25 am
The AG’s hiring binge represents the culmination of several years of increased appropriations by the State Legislature and mirrors the increased pressure placed on the Texas Nursing and Medical Boards to weed out offenders. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 11:08 pm
Under state law, such a change should have been made only after giving the public a chance to comment on the change, the lawsuit stated. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 1:23 am
State Sen. [read post]
Texas' new sex offender law misplaces focus on stranger danger, could make victimization more likely
21 Oct 2007, 11:25 pm
Texas' push to increase punishment for sex crimes was driven by top state officials wanting to send a "no tolerance" message. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 12:02 am
Acting TYC executive commissioner Dimitria Pope had to cancel a scheduled speaking engagement in Lubbock at the statewide conference of the Juvenile Justice Association of Texas in order to attend the hearing. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 9:41 pm
Then came one of the most absurd blocks of text I have ever seen in print...To undo some of the damage, the Texas legislature attempted to pass a law that allowed cupcakes just for birthday parties. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 8:54 am
David Dewhurst, a Republican who championed the bill in the Legislature. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 3:46 pm
If legislators are truly interested in the “best solution”, then they should perhaps look to the current overcrowding problems in Texas, wonderfully covered by Grits for Breakfast [latest post here]. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 8:24 am
The decision is just one more example of how Texas - along with a handful of other states - plans to continue deciding such cases on an individual basis. [read post]
