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21 Apr 2008, 8:30 am
Rodney Ellis, who masterminded the Texas Fair Defense Act, says it made some improvements but not enough. [read post]
9 Aug 2009, 2:04 pm
I was happy to be interviewed to highlight the highway robbery in Ellis County. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 6:18 pm
WALGREEN COMPANY; from Harris County; 14th district (14-06-00962-CV, 243 SW3d 183, 10-11-07)[Dissenting opinion in 14-06-00962-CV]08-0212 THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN ELLIS ALEXANDER; from McLennan County; 10th district (10-06-00360-CV, 250 SW3d 461, 01-30-08)08-0242 UNITED PLAZA-MIDLAND L.L.C. v. [read post]
18 May 2020, 5:04 am by Texas Legal News
., on May 17, the Bardwell and Ennis Fire Departments responded to the scene of an accident, along with Ellis County EMS, on Bardwell Lake. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 4:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And when they're caught driving without a license a second time, they're charged with a Class B misdemeanor, meaning police arrest them and counties must pay for incarceration and indigent defense costs. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 12:48 pm by Steve Hall
  This lengthy must-read starts with the recent exoneration of Johnny Pinchback in Dallas County: Pinchback is the 44th Texas inmate to be exonerated based on DNA evidence, and among the vast majority of Texas exonerees who were originally sent to prison based on a faulty eyewitness identification. [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 4:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are several items that haven't made it into individual posts but which merit Grits readers' attention:Meet the 'Smart on Crime Coalition'Check out the website of the new "Texas Smart on Crime Coalition" which includes the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, ACLU of Texas, and Goodwill.'Codifying the Rule of Lenity'The Texas Public… [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 8:34 am by Steve Hall
The office has plans to expand to 240 of Texas' 254 counties with populations less than 300,000 people. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 12:13 pm by davidharrisauthor
  One answer comes from Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, one of Texas’ leaders on criminal justice reform. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 8:28 am by Steve Hall
And within Texas, Harris County, which encompasses Houston, was particularly quick to seek and elicit a capital sentence. [read post]
12 Dec 2009, 12:42 am
If authorized by a county commissioners court, Texas veterans courts can be used for any misdemeanor or felony offense - with no limitation - when the veteran defendant has a brain injury, mental illness or mental disorder, including post-traumatic stress, that "resulted from" military service in a combat zone. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 5:18 am by Texas Legal News
On April 12, authorities throughout Ellis County responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on the Bardwell Bridge. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 3:37 am by Texas Legal News
., on April 9, authorities in Ellis County responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Avalon. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 7:51 am
Late last year a pipeline explosion occurred in a west Texas liquified petroleum pipeline, near the small town of Milford in Ellis County, about 50 miles south of Dallas. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 10:16 am by Michael Lowe
As of March 26, 2020, Dallas County reported four more inmates tested positive for COVID-19. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 9:01 am by Steve Hall
We cannot simply shrug our shoulders and sit by and watch while the state uses legal technicalities to execute these intellectually disabled men, especially on the word of someone who is no longer permitted to make these kinds of determinations," said Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 5:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is seeking yet another variance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to house extra prisoners in the county jail, even though the county and local PDs have failed to implement jail diversion programs that could prevent overcrowding. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 9:42 am by Steve Hall
– “Mass Incarceration, Race, and Criminal Justice Reform”Lead Speaker: Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing ProjectResponders: Steve Martin, Attorney and Corrections Consultant; author of “Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down”District Judge John Creuzot, Dallas County criminal judge (invited)Ana Yanez Correa, Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice CoalitionProf. [read post]