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7 Apr 2010, 8:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire has a point: The lock-em-up approach didn't work with this guy. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 4:53 am
John Whitmire, D-Houston, who chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 6:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A few policy-wonk type publications caught my eye recently that may interest Grits readers, though I don't have time at the moment to post in detail on each of them: Trimming adult corrections budgetsVia Sentencing Law & Policy, check out the Vera Institute's new report on "The continuing fiscal crisis in corrections: Setting a new course. [read post]
1 Mar 2014, 5:17 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire, which created a procedure to challenge convictions based on junk science via the habeas corpus process. [read post]
24 Feb 2018, 5:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire filed a complaint with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct against Harris County's magistrate judges, they defended themselves by saying the elected judges directed them to deny personal bonds, which the judges themselves at first denied. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 2:47 am
Just a few quick hits on items that I don't have time to turn into full blog posts:Ghost VotingRegulars at the Texas Lege know that ghost voting is rampant, and that members improperly vote for one another all the time. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 5:01 am
Maybe they don't have any interest in having a substantial Sunset Review at all, and they want SB103 to be the last word. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 9:29 am
"We're still experiencing phones being intercepted and used in our prisons ... short of jamming and a complete shutting down of those phone signals, I don't think you can remedy the problem," Whitmire said.Moriarty said Texas was the first state to make it a felony to provide a cell phone to a prison inmate. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 8:56 am
John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
9 May 2008, 7:25 am
Ellis.Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire had several poignant comments and questions that are worth recording. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 7:21 am
Since TYC controls both the release decision and the parole division, I guess the judges don't have much say. [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 2:54 pm by Mark Bennett
John Whitmire has a long and distinguished history in working for prison reform and alternatives to incarceration. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 5:04 am
Chairman Whitmire's SB 1097 takes penalties in the other direction, reducing the penalty for this crime to a C misdemeanor (from a B) on the first offense. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 7:17 pm
 Acevedo stated, "A person may be intoxicated at 0.05, and you don't want them out driving. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" That seems to be what's really going on.Honestly, I don't know why anyone would ever agree to serve on the agency's board. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 10:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I don't blame Biden for high migration levels, but I do blame him for waiting to confront Abbott until it got this far, with armed agents of the federal government in a standoff with the National Guard while migrants drowned in front of them. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 4:54 am
But I'll betcha it's also true that votes in the lower chamber don't break around party lines on this bill any more than was the case in the Senate, though perhaps the pro-personal liberties faction will be a little more robust.See a related editorial from the Brazosport Facts. [read post]