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1 Jun 2007, 11:54 pm
Recently the Texas Supreme Court decided the case of State v. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 7:30 pm
The state had the death penalty, and the legislature had voted to use lethal injection exclusively. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 7:37 am
There may be some hope that the Texas Legislature can straighten it out to say what it should say -- that, once the State has dismissed your misdemeanor case, you can get the records of your arrest expunged. [read post]
31 May 2007, 11:38 pm
The Texas Legislature is considering a new law that will allow judges to seal search warrant affidavits for up to 60 days in SB 244. [read post]
31 May 2007, 8:39 pm
My wife joined a local credit union, open to residents of the state of Texas (how's that for a narrow common bond), because it offered the best interest rate on an IRA certificate of deposit with the term she desired. [read post]
31 May 2007, 12:49 pm
Virginia, only sixteen states still had such laws. [read post]
31 May 2007, 5:32 am
James Tillman was exonerated a few months ago and last week, the CT legislature voted to compensate him $5 million. [read post]
30 May 2007, 9:51 am
Ruth Jones McLendon, Texas will no longer be the only state in the nation without a single, legal needle exchange. [read post]
30 May 2007, 6:14 am
Only two piece of legislation passed the 80th Texas Legislature that assist at all with the statewide county jail overincarceration crisis. [read post]
29 May 2007, 6:54 am
Good news for Texas gun owners: Finally, the question of whether you can carry a concealed, loaded handgun in your car is about to be decided with the passage of HB 1815, discussed by Grits here.Earlier this year a public policy report I wrote (pdf) was published under the joint auspices of the Texas State Rifle Association, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition and the ACLU of Texas criticizing attempts by some prosecutors to circumvent a statute passed… [read post]
29 May 2007, 1:31 am
With the 80th Texas Legislature behind us, now we can look forward to seeing how much of what was passed survives Governor Perry's veto pen. [read post]
28 May 2007, 1:48 am
Texas Parole Board chief Rissie Owens doesn't care if the Legislature created special programs and facilities to guide and implement the parole process, she told the Dallas Morning News ("Inmates fight the prison of fading 'pre-parole' system," May 28) the board still won't grant parole to eligible inmates until it's good and ready.Repeatedly throughout the 80th Texas Legislature, experts from Dr. [read post]
27 May 2007, 3:42 am
Collier brenda@collierlaw.comUPDATE: The whistleblower plaintiff was allegedly terminated for testifying to the Texas Legislature about McLennan jail health problems! [read post]
25 May 2007, 4:19 am
That's more than 10 percent of the DNA exonerations that have occured nationally.Yet the Texas Legislature, once again, has allowed a bill that would have created an Innocence Commission to die. [read post]
24 May 2007, 1:34 pm
If Texas decides to build new prisons, fine, that's the Legislature's call. [read post]
24 May 2007, 11:00 am
Still no word on the fate of new prisons in Texas' forthcoming state budget, which might be unveiled as early as tomorrow, I'm told. [read post]
24 May 2007, 10:40 am
"Well, state court judges are savvy and powerful people. [read post]
23 May 2007, 1:59 pm
As the Texas Legislature comes down to the wire still waiting to determine whether the state will build new prisons, media around the state finally are paying more attention to the fact that Texas can't find enough guards to staff the prisons we've got now. [read post]
23 May 2007, 9:27 am
" Earlier, The Houston Chronicle reported on Monday that "Texas lawmakers to weigh ban on horse slaughter; Legislature to weigh a repeal of 1949 state ban. [read post]
23 May 2007, 6:21 am
On Friday, the Texas legislature approved a bill allowing the death penalty for those convicted of multiple rapes of children under 14. [read post]
