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19 Jul 2007, 3:22 am
On this list, the Board of Pardons and Parole has identified 2,324 separate acts which the state Legislature has declared felonies! [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 6:44 pm
The judge analyzed the various state statutes at issue, reaching different results depending on the state. [read post]
16 Jul 2007, 4:58 am
The case in Georgia of former high school football star Genarlow Wilson, who is serving a mandatory 10-year sentence after receiving consensual oral sex from a 15-year-old girl when he was 17, has attracted national attention, sparked bitter debate in the Legislature and will be decided later this year by the state Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 1:12 am
Rick Perry vetoed a bill passed by the Texas Legislature to allow such prisoners to make bail. [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 8:03 am
Women had rights, they just didn’t have the right to question the actions of their state legislature. [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 11:38 am
And that makes the state a battleground in the growing political fight as limits on carbon dioxide limits begin to be set. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 9:53 am
Three key state criminal justice agencies' boards - the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ), the Public Safety Commission (DPS) and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission - will all meet in Austin later this week. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 7:09 am
The Dallas Morning News asked Dallas area state legislators "In what way did you make the biggest impact, what was the Legislature's biggest accomplishment for the state and for your district, and what was your biggest regret? [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 12:20 am
All serve on the Legislature's Joint Select Committee on the Operation and Management of the Texas Youth Commission.Tuesday's State of the Agency stop in Harlingen will be at the Best Western Casa Villa Suites, 9 a.m. to noon. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 12:44 pm
Texas Youth Commission Executive Director Dimitria Pope and her staff continue their goodwill tour this week to visit with TYC staff and the public about the "State of the Agency," with events scheduled Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Houston, Harlingen and Austin respectively.HOUSTONJuly 9Children's Assessment Center 2500 Bolsover 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.HARLINGENJuly 10Best Western Casa Villa Suites 4317 S. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 10:37 am
  LINKIt wasn't easy getting your way with the Texas Legislature this session -- what with all its infighting and back-biting and uprisings. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 6:19 am
Chance for input on Texas substance abuse fundingSimilarly, the Department of State Health Services is requesting public comments on their "intended use plan" for a grant application to the feds for substance abuse treatment funds that make up 85% of state treatment money. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 2:16 am
For those actually serving time in Texas prisons and their loved ones, this arguably was the most important new law passed at the Legislature this year.See also prior Grits coverage of new legislation requiring secure, tamper-proof phones to be installed in Texas prisons by September 2008. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 12:45 am
Reports the Midland Reporter-Telegram ("Consultants say Midland has inordinate number of misdemeanor violators," July 8):The Texas Commission on Jail Standards' June population report shows that Midland County held approximately 48 pre-trial misdemeanants per 100,000 residents, nearly five times the average rate of pre-trial misdemeanants held in the state's three largest counties. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 8:29 pm
But it was delayed due to a discrepancy between the two-drug lethal injection mixture prescribed in state law and a three-drug mixture state officials planned to use. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 4:29 am
Wyeth Laboratories, 498 F.2d 1264, 1276 (5th Cir. 1974) (applying Texas law). [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 2:07 am
On the other hand, the Texas Legislature approved new tools and funding for counties to implement the second and third suggestions on that list from 2005. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 1:56 pm
The Dallas Morning News article is one of the few I have seen that portrays the real downside of the medical malpractice reforms passed by the Texas legislature. [read post]