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28 Mar 2007, 2:10 pm
"To assist law enforcement in their efforts to comply with the racial profiling law, State Senator Royce West (D, Dallas) filed a bill in the Texas Legislature on March 8, 2007, that calls for a repository to be established at the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE), the Austin-based state agency responsible for developing and implementing training program curricula for peace officers. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 1:04 pm
He states that the majority of these bills are in violation of either federal law or state law, and would therefore be a waste of time for consideration before the Texas Legislature. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 8:02 am
The bill, also known as a "stand your ground" law, was approved by large majorities in both houses of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 9:15 am
Supreme Court of Texas refuses to extend that State's grandparent visitation law to step-grandparents: Last Friday, the highest court of Texas in civil cases issued a unanimous per curiam opinion that begins:In 2005, the Legislature substantially amended the grandparent access statute, codified at Family Code sections 153.432-34. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 11:56 pm
The governor noted that Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of executions it carries out. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 5:04 am
The Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee will meet tomorrow to consider a jam-packed agenda on a number of important topics. [read post]
25 Mar 2007, 6:09 am
Irresponsible Enhancements Keep ComingIf the Texas Legislature passes NO new criminal penalty increases ("enhancements") this session, our state's prison population is projected to outstrip current capacity by 17,000 beds in just five years. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 10:47 am
The proposed restructuring is at odds with that goal.UPDATE: AP (3/25) has an excellent story on why forensic science commissions in Texas and other states have yet to hear a case despite a dire, pressing need for their services. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 5:17 am
Parsee was questioned by a Texas Ranger in recent weeks as part of an ongoing investigation of abuse in the youth corrections system that began last month in the wake of the sex abuse scandal at the West Texas State School in Pyote.Marlin is the unit where every single kid sentenced to TYC passes through for "orientation and assessment. [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 3:08 pm
The article also does a good job of highlighting other states where these laws are being questioned.This analysis has been echoed in states like Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Minnesota, where legislatures have rejected residential restriction bills, as have cities including Topeka, Kan., Maplewood, Minn., and Covington, Ky. [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 5:34 am
Showa Denko K.K., 107 F.3d 1137, 1144 (5th Cir. 1997) (no cross-jurisdictional tolling in case alleging individual product injuries because "class certification has historically been disfavored") (Texas law); see Ganousis v. [read post]
19 Mar 2007, 8:40 pm
"Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. [read post]
19 Mar 2007, 1:03 pm
True, which conducts criminal background checks on its subscribers, is the primary force behind a two-year-old campaign to get state legislatures to require that social Web sites prominently disclose whether or not they perform such checks. [read post]
17 Mar 2007, 6:15 pm
During the week, students immediately put what they learned into action during activities such as the "Day of Innocence Rally" at the Texas capitol, when they visited members of the Texas Legislature and lobbied them on the need for a moratorium on executions. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 7:40 am
TexasJustice.Org has posted online the March 15 report from the Civil Rights Division of the USDoJ on the Texas Youth Commission, focusing on the Evins Unit in South Texas - the report is 14 pages long and interesting reading if you're interested in TYC's deeper problems beyond alleged pedophile administrators in West Texas.Bottom line, despite what new TYC Czar Ed Owens recently told the Legislature, DoJ found that: "children confined at Evins are not… [read post]
15 Mar 2007, 1:02 am
The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas recently ruled that Section 502.409, Transportation Code, states that a motorist is in violation of this section if any part of the motorist's license plate is obscured. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 6:07 pm
State, 550 S. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 7:32 am
He does state kindly that no matter how his feelings are in the case, the legislature favors arbitration. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 5:18 am
As detailed in this article, the Texas legislature continues to move forward on a bill to make some child sex offenders subect to the death penalty. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 8:36 pm
So we have a very fine line to sort of toe, because on the one hand we want banks to stay with the state charter, but on the other hand the state legislatures have passed laws which we have the responsibility of regulating and supervising and making sure that our institutions are complying with. [read post]
