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18 Jun 2007, 2:30 am
Why are Texas' prison costs growing slowly compared to other states, and can we expect the trend to continue? [read post]
16 Jun 2007, 2:43 am
Perry tells them if they want to return to school--right there in Huntsville, the state's center for prison administration--and improve their lot, Texas won't help them. [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 3:40 pm
State, No. 01-87-830-CR, concerned a butterfly knife; according to the court, "Ample testimony of the knife's functioning revealed that the knife could open by centrifugal force after being unlocked. [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 2:02 pm
I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the recently-departed entity that was the 80th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 2:36 am
Like me, the Waco Herald Tribune editorial board thinks the Texas Legislature sent a mixed message by approving three new prisons in addition to new diverstion programs ("Texas lawmakers send mixed messages on penal reform," June 13):Bill authors Rep. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 1:13 am
Thanks to their energy roots and southern exposure, law firms with Texas ties are riding especially high. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 4:03 pm
As more and more states take advantage of their new power, those of us who want to find out what happens to consumers under different payday lending regimes can compare consumers in Oregon to those in Texas to those in Massachusetts to those in Delaware. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 3:27 pm
Nokia, which filed the lawsuit in a Texas district court, is seeking damages and injunctive relief. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 9:26 am
(HB 3200 is a critical piece of the probation reform package that adjusts local financing mechanisms to give incentives for probationers to earn their way off supervision through good behavior.)The Sunset Commision told the Texas Legislature last fall that the state prison system is at a "crossroads," and so it is. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 6:34 am
Whether or not compliance with federal regulations automatically displaces state tort law (and we think that it should and does, in appropriate circumstances), state legislatures plainly have the power to declare that manufacturers who comply with federal regulations are immune from suit (or immune from liability for punitive damages) under state law.In the interest of serving the public good, your humble scribes have identified the following state… [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 5:10 am
Texas is getting onboard with the new science and is way ahead of some states, but there is still a long way to go. [read post]
9 Jun 2007, 3:28 pm
This is particularly true when the "evidence" supposedly shows the state legislature's motives. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 11:33 pm
At the close of the guilt phase of trial, Appellant requested a jury instruction on voluntariness, and the State objected to its inclusion. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 4:28 am
(This need will hopefully decline when the new probation and diversion programs are fully online, or at least that's the idea.)Perhaps my biggest disappointment in the new Texas criminal justice budget: The crisis over the lack of state hospital beds for retarded and mentally ill inmates who are declared "incompetent" by the courts was ignored copmpletely: State hospital capacity will be kept at identical levels as the last budget with now new money for… [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 1:44 am
With the 80th Texas Legislature thankfully behind us, I've spent more time recently reading the blogs I enjoy, particularly the ones squeezed out of my routine at the height of the legislative session. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 12:44 am
Earlier, state Sen. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 1:17 pm
A similar bill was rejected in Texas. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 4:55 am
In Texas, the state legislature has considered bills in the last three sessions to formalize collaborative law in more types of civil cases, where it could be used by business partners or in employment situations, for instance. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 1:03 am
I'd earlier suggested the eyewitness identification procedures would make a great inerim study for one of the Texas Legislature's criminal justice-oriented committees, and if one of them goes for it Dallas' move to double-blind lineups will provide a good model for the direction this blogger thinks they need to go. [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 2:20 am
A new research paper from the Urban Institute called Returning Home (available here) says the removal of drug treatment from Texas state jails in 2003 by the Legislature made it more likely offenders would commit new crimes. [read post]
