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30 Nov 2016, 4:09 am by Edith Roberts
Texas, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether Texas can rely on an outdated standard in determining whether a defendant’s intellectual disability precludes him from being executed. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 10:49 am by Eliza Reshefsky, Women's Rights Project
In June 2008, the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 5:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In many cities, they're often found operating two-way radios, smartphones, dashboard-mounted computers and on-board cameras while they drive.A search of state accident reports reveals at least 70 crashes in just 24 months where some kind of distraction inside an emergency vehicle contributed to the wreck -- an average of almost three crashes per month. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 5:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
We're talking about a significant but not infinite number of cases: Based on back-of-the-envelope calculations, there have been perhaps 5,000 Texas felony convictions in the last 20 years involving those two types of forensic evidence. [read post]
30 Jul 2024, 10:51 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  I do not engage with social media, but the news article that I found after searching for this fake controversy included a list of responses to Texas's most infamous flight risk. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 2:19 pm by John Richards
However, Norway has a recidivism rate that’s far, far lower than that of the United States, with far fewer criminals re-offending after they’re released, despite the fact that their prisons seem luxurious by our standards. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 9:04 pm by Katelynn Catalano
Frey explained that states such as Virginia, Florida, and Texas have disparities in voter demographics, and efforts in these states to ban teaching about race are especially strong. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 3:03 pm
Nearly 20 years ago, a Texas jury had sentenced the inmate, Henry Skinner, to death for killing his girlfriend and her 2 sons. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 2:00 am
"We certainly don't need to be spending state resources to duplicate what they're doing on the federal level," he says. [read post]
13 Sep 2014, 11:05 am by Kent Scheidegger
The company is the fifth-largest correction system in the country, after only the federal government and the states of California, Florida and Texas. [read post]
25 Mar 2012, 4:15 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Anderson stated Morton was violent. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:30 am by Donna
Unfortunately, Texas, like most states in the nation, have at-will employment. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 6:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I'm sure they don't clarify the distinction when they're " apprehending criminals and enforcing laws," as stated on their website. [read post]
10 Feb 2022, 4:29 am by SHG
That agency—the only one of its kind—was formed in the wake of revelations that bogus expert testimony likely caused the state to convict and execute an innocent man, and is tasked with ensuring that expert testimony given in Texas courtrooms is scientifically valid. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 9:00 am by Rania Combs
Guardians are under the supervision of the state and local courts that appoint them. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 12:13 am
" Yeah, because there aren't any "nationally prominent" Texas barristers who could handle it, right? [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 7:26 am
"He won't be the last," Watkins assured me, shaking his head as though in disbelief.Sometimes, I guess, the wheels of justice turn slowly, but I'm glad they're turning! [read post]