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31 May 2009, 6:47 am
As the court stated, the purpose of our auto insurance liability laws is to afford protection to people injured by other drivers acts. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 4:15 pm by Michael Lowe
Which means flakka is illegal under federal law but not under the laws of the State of Texas (yet). [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 10:54 am by Jon
How grand juries are selected at the state level depends on state law which varies widely:For example, Texas alone has two different systems for grand jury selection: http://www.tdcaa.com/journal/lone-star-grand-jury-selection-and-independenceThe Missouri process seems to envision construction of a master list http://civilprocedure.uslegal.com/trial/jury-selection/missouri-jury-selection/ from which the jurors in Missouri are chosen by a judge. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 7:54 am
  Defining Assault in The State of Texas Assault by Contact- An assault by contact charge is filed when a victim is not injured in the incident but is either threatened with violence or is offended by physical contact that has occurred. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 5:30 am by Guest Blogger
-        Because of the Court’s holdingthat states or state agencies cannot be sued under Section 1983, it will be very difficult for Sandra Bland’s family to hold the Texas Department of Public Safety accountable in their Section 1983 case. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 9:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Are police deployment patterns changing, and if so, how and why? [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 7:00 am by gbaumgartner
The Cold Front Across Texas This unfortunate incident was not alone in the state of Texas. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:55 am
O'Malley said in February that, if the state were to replace the death penalty with life without parole, "that $22.4 million could pay for 500 additional police officers or provide drug treatment for 10,000 of our addicted neighbors. [read post]
24 Jun 2017, 1:17 pm by Sandy Levinson
"  One might also consider in this context the boycott announced by the State of California against state-funded travel to Texas, Kansas, and other states in protest of their adopting discriminatory polices particularly against the GLBT community. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 3:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That's certainly one of several contributing factors, though, and perhaps reason to think the trend might continue in the near term without local traffic enforcement getting artificially pumped up through federal pork.See related Grits posts:Austin police gave 26% fewer traffic tickets in 2011 Most larger Texas police departments wrote fewer traffic tickets in 2011Why are Texas cops writing fewer traffic tickets? [read post]
21 Nov 2020, 5:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perhaps police are initiating contacts with the public less frequently because of the virus. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
Times: editorial on charges against 18 sheriff's deputies, LAPD ticket quota] Massachusetts crime lab test faker Annie Dookhan gets 3-5 year sentence [ABA Journal] “Overcriminalization in the states” [Vikrant Reddy, Texas Public Policy Foundation, draft; related Mother Jones] Conservatives call for reforms in New Mexico justice system [Rio Grande Foundation via @PatNolanPFM] Tweet Tags: Los Angeles, Massachusetts, New Mexico, NYC, policePolice and… [read post]
6 Jun 2020, 12:23 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
At the time, I was Police Accountability Project Director at ACLU of Texas; check out a series of posters we commissioned about the Torres case Tarrant County Jail dinged for ignoring health concernsThe Tarrant County Jail briefly lost its state certification last month after a man died and inspectors discovered jailers had failed to check on him regularly per state protocols. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 10:20 pm by Texas Legal News
Sour Lake, TX (August 8, 2020) – On August 7, police and emergency crews responded to the scene of a major motor vehicle accident on Texas State Highway 105. [read post]
11 Aug 2019, 7:32 am by John Floyd
  In a September 2015 post, we discussed the problems inherent in virtually all state hate crime laws, including Texas’s Byrd Act. [read post]