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11 May 2007, 5:55 am
Just a quick recap of some of the major criminal justice developments at the Texas Legislature this week as we head into the homestretch of the 80th session. [read post]
11 May 2007, 3:37 am
The New Jersey legislature had ahearing scheduled for early May that could end lead to that state ending thedeath penalty.In recent years, a number of major newspapers have changed their position onthe death penalty and are now calling for its abolition. [read post]
10 May 2007, 11:07 pm
New proposals for prison alternatives at the Texas Legislature are "great news for Christian conservatives," says a new Texas blog, The Christian Conservative, which offers this supportive argument for proposals to avoid new prison building:The Christian community, both liberal and conservative, have strongly supported jail and prison ministries, ever since Christ approved of those who "visited me while I was in prison. [read post]
10 May 2007, 3:28 am
Bob Deuell, which recently passed out of the Texas Senate. [read post]
9 May 2007, 7:08 am
Texas, the sodomy statute is unconstitutional and thus his adjudication should be set aside. [read post]
9 May 2007, 3:29 am
I've been so focused on legislative happenings I missed mentioning the milestone, but this post was the 2,000th published on Grits for Breakfast, which represents a lot of prose any way you look at it.The 2,000-post mark comes at a time when Grits' traffic has increased dramatically as a result of the 80th Texas Legislature, and let me take this opportunity to say "thank you" and mention I hope all of y'all keep coming back after the Lege has left… [read post]
8 May 2007, 11:02 am
Paul Moreno (D-El Paso), the Dean of the Texas House and the longest serving Latino elected official in the United States of America (I didn't know that until he said it), lamented that "things have changed" at the Texas Legislature.Today Moreno announced his retirement after this session. [read post]
8 May 2007, 8:21 am
Rick Noriega, who carried HB 1403 in the 77th Legislature. [read post]
7 May 2007, 12:36 pm
Here are excerpts:In the state that is the nation's undisputed death penalty leader, Texas, you might think there is no such thing as a punishment considered too harsh. [read post]
7 May 2007, 7:07 am
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"The mood in state legislatures is far different than the 1990s. 'Crime was the No. 1 issue,' said Sen. [read post]
6 May 2007, 5:01 pm
State tailgate shooting case in 2005. [read post]
6 May 2007, 4:56 am
Proposed new spending at community health centers for "competency restoration," while necessary, won't help in the short term, won't be enough to cover projected needs, and pending litigation could force the state to spend more to correct the problem by 2009 - that is, if the Texas Legislature's budget conferees don't agree to more funding with a different spending mix than either chamber has suggested.As I write this, nearly 200 mentally ill… [read post]
6 May 2007, 12:09 am
A better question: Should the Texas Legislature base its decisions about who provides oversight to the homeland security office based on John Culberson's dicta? [read post]
5 May 2007, 5:47 pm
Texas (Justice Kennedy again!) [read post]
5 May 2007, 4:56 pm
The Monday edition of Texas Lawyer has, Task Force Recommends Creating Texas Capital Habeas Writs Office.A bill working its way through the Texas Legislature tracks key recommendations made by a State Bar of Texas task force that studied the quality... [read post]
5 May 2007, 7:57 am
With scant weeks left in the 80th Texas Legislature, several people have asked me to do a roundup of what legislation is still moving of the bills I've written about on Grits. [read post]
3 May 2007, 7:30 am
" But also, just like the state prisons, county jails don't have room for such petty offenders. [read post]
2 May 2007, 8:52 am
The Texas Inmate Family Association also deserves a lot of credit for doggedly pursuing the reform over the years.See the House Research Organization's report on the bill's identical House companion for more background on the legislation's specifics.In future sessions I'd like to see the Legislature revisit this law to reduce the financial burden on families on prisoners approved call list, since high phone rates (profits to the state are split between… [read post]
1 May 2007, 10:54 am
Madden's HB 2391 - perhaps the most important bill of the 80th Texas Legislature addressing county jail overcrowding - passed unanimously this week with nary peep from the "tuff on crime" set. [read post]
30 Apr 2007, 8:03 am
Texas (06-984). [read post]
