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15 Jan 2016, 6:42 am
First, seven of the deaths in recent months have come from just three counties - Webb, McLennan and Fort Bend. [read post]
27 Dec 2015, 9:55 am
Our friends Diana Claitor and Rebecca Larsen of the Texas Jail Project have a fine little column in the Waco Tribune Herald today titled "McLennan County jail increasingly mired in abuse. [read post]
19 Dec 2015, 7:08 am
"The McLennan County District Attorney's Office has tried to do too much too quickly, she said. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 5:01 am
The recent $2.2 million jury award against non-subscriber Tyson Foods in Texas for a back injury had WorkCompCentral legal reporter, Sherri Okamoto, ask whether that, and other recent awards, has caused the opt out community to take pause.Some of the examples cited by Okamoto:In 2014, a McLennan County jury handed down a $12.1 million verdict against the Tractor Supply Co. of Texas – which was one of the largest awards ever made to a single individual in the… [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 1:06 pm
Grand Jury Indicted Hundreds of Twin Peaks Bikers: It took a grand jury in McLennan County, Texas, just nine hours to indict 106 bikers in connection with the deadly May shootout that resulted in the deaths of nine people and dozens of injuries. [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 9:15 pm
Lawyers for 177 Waco bikers are muzzled, but the McLennan County, Texas district attorney keeps talking, writes Tamara Tabo at Above the Law. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 7:35 am
"State asked to pay costs for prosecutorial overreach in McLennan CountyMcLennan County wants the Governor's office to cover costs stemming from the trumped up prosecutions in the Twin Peaks massacre. [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 4:21 pm
Among others: The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office (District Attorney Abel Reyna) The Waco Sheriff’s Department (Sheriff Parnell McNamara) The Waco Police Department (Waco Police Chief Brent Stroman) The Waco Fire Department The Texas Department of Public Safety The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Traffic, Firearms and Explosives. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 2:26 pm
In McLennan County, visiting Judge James Morgan ruled after an examining trial that there was sufficient cause to have arrested a 65-year old concealed carry permit holder who wasn't wearing a biker cut but a Christian t-shirt (he's chaplain to the Bandidos and two veterans groups) because he was carrying legal personal weapons. [read post]
19 Jul 2015, 4:50 pm
For several years, my organization, the Texas Fair Defense Project, has wanted counties to set caseload limits for lawyers taking appointed cases, indigent-defense cases, and one of the questions we always got was, “How do we know what’s a reasonable limit for a defense lawyer in Texas? [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 8:30 am
CHALK BLUFF, TX — Officers from McLennan County have not confirmed the name of the young boy that was hurt in a serious accident that happened in Chalk Bluff, Texas on Thursday, July 9th, 2015. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 5:42 am
" And it's just random that a veteran cop made the cut the first time out in the highest profile case in the county's history.Ironically, the new law eliminating Texas pick-a-pal system was created in large part because of the Alfred Brown case in Houston, coverage of which earned Lisa Falkenberg a Pulitzer Prize. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 3:52 pm
In McLennan County, Municipal Judge Christopher Taylor changed the policy regarding incarceration for unpaid traffic tickets, insisting that anyone who can't pay in full must "sit behind bars for time credit. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 3:08 pm
Recent Texas Tribune coverage began:More than three weeks after Waco police arrested 177 bikers following a deadly shootout at a local restaurant, no charges have been filed in the killings, nearly half the bikers remain in jail on unusually high bonds, and more than a few legal experts — including former prosecutors — are starting to wonder what is going on in McLennan County.Regular readers will recall that McLennan DA Abel Reyna's super-tough… [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am
Tarrant County requested an AG's opinion on the issue, as reported by Texas Lawyer. [read post]
23 May 2015, 5:32 am
Both Bennett and Tamara Tabo run through the litany of problems this rather large group of defendant pose for McLennan County. [read post]
1 Mar 2015, 10:51 am
" That's a bit of fanciful thinking of which I'm sure the good folks in McLennan County could dissuade them, if anyone has ears to listen. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 7:54 am
Faulty projections of increased immigration detention have left McLennan County and others seeking to rent out extra beds in the lurch.This month saw a rough start for video visitation at the Denton County Jail.I can't imagine Rep. [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 5:39 am
So it's worth mentioning that Kerr County in May will hold the first significant Texas jail bond vote in several election cycles in order to expand local jail capacity by 75 percent. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
Lawsuit alleges sexual assault by employee of county jail contractorA lawsuit by a former inmate alleges she was sexually assaulted by an employee of Community Education Centers, a private prison firm out of New Jersey that operates McLennan County's local jail, reported the Waco Tribune Herald. [read post]
