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9 Apr 2007, 12:53 am
Here are some key recent Texas jail-related headlines to let you know why I think that may be an eventful meeting.Texas county jails missing their marksHarris County Jail Deaths On Pace to Double '06Jail inspectors find "no improvement" at Dallas Jail; the Dallas News posted the jail's 2007 and 2006 inspection reportsTarrant County to build new jail in downtown Fort WorthTravis County Jail administrator "knows" they'd fail… [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 9:45 am
"Soros push to elect reformer DAs should target Nueces Grits hopes that whomever is guiding George Soros' effort to elect reformer DAs has picked up on the Nueces County race Grits discussed Sunday. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 9:12 am
Moore County transferred the case to Nueces County. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 9:12 am
Moore County transferred the case to Nueces County. [read post]
8 Sep 2007, 11:36 pm
The bribery scandal that took down the Bexar County Sheriff may be just the beginning.Other shoes have begun to drop as reporters and investigators track other Texas counties where a Louisana company that allegedly bribed Bexar County officials won contracts to run jail commissaries. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 2:11 pm
The new State of Texas/FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers were set to open in San Patricio County in the city of Ingleside; in Calhoun County in the city Port Lavaca; and in Victoria County in the city of Victoria. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 7:31 am
So recreational pot is now or will soon be legal in seven states (plus the District of Columbia) representing more than one in five Americans, with more than half of states having approved medical marijuana regimens.Among Texas races, Grits had been closely watching the District Attorney race in Nueces County where Mark Gonzalez, a zealous defense attorney with "Not Guilty" tattooed across his chest, eked out a reform-minded victory against a Republican opponent while… [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 3:15 pm
But the episode suffers from bad optics - particularly the selection of politically connected attorneys to spearhead the case - and demonstrates why white-collar offenses tend to go un-prosecuted and un-punished while poor folks fill up the jails and prisons for much smaller-scale matters.Similar litigation has been greenlighted in Nueces County. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 1:11 pm
The program does not include Bexar, Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Jefferson, Nueces, Tarrant, and Travis counties, which all are covered by local referral programs. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 11:27 am
Former Nueces County Prosecutor Whistleblower Lawsuit In a related case, attorney Eric Hillman is suing Nueces County for wrongful termination, arguing that he was fired from his job as a Nueces County prosecutor because he wouldn’t follow orders. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 6:42 am
Bowie, Comal, El Paso, Nueces, Walker, & Wharton Counties all had 2 people die in each of their jails. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 11:06 am
Andrews is currently pending in Nueces County. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 6:34 am
These new sentences occurred in six counties: Brazos; Dallas; Harris; Nueces; Rusk; and Travis. [read post]
22 Nov 2020, 8:01 pm
News of Chief John Davis of Nueces County Emergency Service District 3 being injured while battling a brush fire in Bishop last month reminds us that Texas wildfires destroy more than property. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 6:04 am
As their largest member, that's a big financial blow.The Washington Post this weekend featured Nueces County DA Mark Gonzalez as representative of a new breed of reformer DAs.One third of deaths in Hoosier prisons were preventable with adequate healthcareAfter following the issue of deaths-in-custody for many years, your correspondent believes lots more people die in Texas prison from preventable ailments due to inadequate healthcare than are killed in the state's… [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 8:26 am
Let 'em know which county jail you think is worst. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 2:23 pm
Currently, 18 counties in Texas are eligible for such relief: Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Harris, Jackson, Kleberg, Liberty, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, and Wharton. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 4:14 pm
We haven't reached that point yet, but if and when they do, Sheriffs will need a Plan B besides playing the PR game and hoping for the best.RELATED: District Attorneys in Dallas, Bexar, Nueces, and Fort Bend Counties, represented by my neighbor, Jessica Brand, filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit before the Texas Supreme Court related to the legality of the governor's executive order related to COVID-related jail releases. [read post]
21 Feb 2016, 5:09 am
A Nells victory would signal that county voters have matured enough to accept the responsibilities of what increasingly has become a large suburban county.In Nueces County, Democratic DA Mark Skurka is running for reelection against Mark Gonzalez, a defense attorney who quite literally has the words "Not Guilty" tattooed across his chest, reported the Caller Times. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 9:07 am
The county also accounts for about one-fourth of all the 405Texas prisoners given lethal injection since the state resumed carrying outcapital punishment in 1982.Earlier coverage of the Nueces County District Attorney's decision is here. [read post]
