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8 Jan 2007, 12:45 pm
We only allow the Texas Legislature to convene for five months every two years. [read post]
8 Jan 2007, 8:17 am
Back when I started this blog, the Texas legislature was in session, considering all sorts of weird and wacky bills, (and some good ones, too, I'll admit), and it gave me a lot to blog about. [read post]
7 Jan 2007, 4:04 pm
The Texas Legislature. [read post]
6 Jan 2007, 4:21 pm
Municipal and county governments in California, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey and Texas have also sued major manufacturers seeking what would amount to billions of dollars in damages. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 9:50 am
" For corroborating evidence, look to the non-death-penalty states that have lower murder rates, and the fact that capital prosecutions and executions are declining dramatically nationally and that death rows are shrinking (with one exception, Texas.)The Newark Star-Ledger has, "Now end the death penalty. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 8:37 am
Opponents say many of the changes, proposed in bills filed for the upcoming Legislature, actually could make it harder to get convictions in jury trials and give sex offenders greater incentive to kill young victims.And:More than 30 bills dealing with sex offenders have been filed in advance of the session, including several from North Texas lawmakers. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 7:47 am
Barring a dramatic turn of events, which could happen at any moment, the race will be over shortly after the House convenes on January 9, when the body formally elects its leader for the 80th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 7:07 am
You can keep Texas too. [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 6:07 am
That's a new twist, and perhaps also an admission by Chairman Whitmire that policy changes alone may not be enough to ward off some prison expansion in the 80th Legislature. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 10:16 am
That's the title of the San Antonio Express-News' Jonathan Gurwitz'take on the death penalty component of Jessica's Law, which will be considered in the upcoming session of the Texas legislature. [read post]
1 Jan 2007, 9:03 pm
The new program, approved by the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense as an innovative approach to a growing problem, comes amid heightened concerns at the Legislature about overcrowded jails and prisons and the high cost of incarceration. [read post]
31 Dec 2006, 9:06 pm
Well, actually, he's just phoning it in over the holidays.Huffington Post contributing editor Melissa Lafsky discusses sex, bloggers, privacy, and lawsuits on Eat the Press.Seth at QuizLaw tells the story of a lawyer facing disciplinary proceedings, who's trying to stay positive and move on with his legal career.TechnoLawyer Blog presents I'm Billing Time, a music video by the Bar & Grill Singers, a group of lawyers in Austin, Texas who create and sing parodies to raise… [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 2:18 am
Mental health advocates are asking Texas DAs to speak out to expand funding for "crisis care" for the mentally ill, and certainly better services are needed, but I can't tell that their proposals will specifically address the most pressing mental health woes of Texas' criminal justice system - particularly the growing need for "competency restoration. [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 11:27 pm
Wrote Kennedy: County jail population is effected by the following decision makers who have certain roles of power, authority and responsibility: state legislature, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, local judges, local JP's, prosecutors, sheriff, arresting officers, probation, and parole and, to a small extent; defense attorneys and bondsmen. [read post]
22 Dec 2006, 8:32 am
" More changes in the appeal system may come from the work of a State Bar task force that's expected to issue a report in April. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 4:55 am
Peña's blog that the Texas House Judiciary Committee this morning was discussing journalist shield laws, I turned on the hearing just in time to hear my friend Wichita DA Barry Macha denouncing a "shield law" for reporters in Texas, saying that if approved it "would destroy the grand jury process in this state. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 4:51 am
The system houses 173,000 inmates — second-place Texas has 152,500 — and has an $8 billion budget. [read post]
9 Dec 2006, 9:08 pm
The system houses 173,000 inmates — second-place Texas has 152,500 — and has an $8 billion budget. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 12:45 pm
Each year, the debate in state legislatures around this country regarding the so called need for tort reform and caps on medical malpractice cases intensifies. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 12:45 pm
Each year, the debate in state legislatures around this country regarding the so called need for tort reform and caps on medical malpractice cases intensifies. [read post]
