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11 May 2007, 5:55 am
If approved by the full House and the Governor, this bill will make data collected at traffic stops much more useful not just for advocates but for police supervisors and public safety officials who can better measure the efffectiveness of tactics like random consent searches and highway interdiction.TDCJ Medical ReleasesTwo pieces of legislation passed the House this week that will make it easier for severely ill inmates to be released as part of a program called "Medically… [read post]
11 May 2007, 3:55 am
That's not what we're getting," said DeFazio, who served on a commission that recommended replacing capital punishment with life without parole. [read post]
11 May 2007, 1:06 am
That's not what we're getting," said DeFazio, who served on a commission that recommended replacing capital punishment with life without parole. [read post]
10 May 2007, 10:35 am
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings today on a bill that would replace the state's death penalty with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. [read post]
8 May 2007, 2:47 am
Regular readers know that long sentences in Texas have caused the healthcare costs for elderly prison inmates to dramatically rise.As the Texas House prepares to hear legislation (if it makes it that far down the calendar before Thursday) that would increase use of statutory provisions for medical releases from prison, Parole Board Chair Rissie Owens has proposed altering one of the rules identified in committee hearings as a barrier in current rules to more medical-based releases.… [read post]
7 May 2007, 2:22 am
A7762 Aubry -- Provides that certain fees related to sex offenders shall be waived when the conviction is substituted with a youthful offender finding
Same as S 4953
BLURB : Pen L. waiv sex offd fee ythfl of
First Act: 04/25/07 referred to codes
Last Act: 04/25/07 referred to codes
A7799 Destito (MS) -- Provides that sentence for commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is death or life without parole… [read post]
6 May 2007, 3:16 am
The initiative stems from a January report from a special commission appointed by the Legislature. [read post]
5 May 2007, 7:57 am
SB 838, up in the same hearing, was discussed here - that bill would expand Texas' Intermediate Sanctions Facilities for petty parole violators instead of revoking them to prison for their full term. [read post]
30 Apr 2007, 1:28 am
A1179
Gunther (MS) -- Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event a sex offender fails to mail a signed verification within twenty calendar days of mailing by division of criminal justice services BLURB : Cor. sex offender verificatn Last Act: 03/26/07 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
LAW / CORRECTNSA1188
Eddington (MS) -- Expands coverage of sex offender registration act BLURB : Cor. expds covrg sex offender regLast Act:… [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 3:14 am
And if injections areoutlawed, then a majority of Americans might prefer life imprisonmentwithout parole rather than returning to the electric chair, firing squad orgas chamber. [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 12:49 am
Belarus is the only country that continues to use the death penalty in Europe. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 12:19 am
Like Grits, my friends over at the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition are tracking key legislation this session related to overincarceration, probation, parole, re-entry and indigent defense. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 2:00 am
A3659 Kirwan (MS) -- Closes loophole by requiring additional consecutive sentence of five years where a determinate sentence is imposed for criminal use of a firearm in the first degree
No Same as
BLURB : Pen L. addtl min, crim use weapon
First Act: 01/26/07 referred to codes
Last Act: 04/16/07 motion to discharge lost
A4958 Aubry -- Allows the second chance commission upon application to order upon… [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 1:54 am
A4958 Aubry -- Allows the second chance commission upon application to order upon termination of criminal action by conviction for certain offenses the sealing of all official records
Same as Uni. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 12:56 pm
Today, Giles is expected to clear his name and become the 13th man from Dallas County to prove with genetic testing that he was wrongly imprisoned.Giles, who spent 10 years in prison and was paroled in 1993, is seeking to vacate his 1983 conviction. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 10:28 am
S 4410
BLURB : Ad Cd. credit prior service; PPF
Last Act: 04/13/07 referred to governmental employees
A7398 Abbate (MS) -- Provides certain benefits to police officers employed by bi-state commissions or authorities for injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duty
No Same as
BLURB : Gen Mun. police officers; benefit
Last Act: 04/13/07 referred to local governments
A7411 Benjamin (MS) --… [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 12:34 am
I definitely approve of giving control to TDCJ, and have argued before that parole officers should have the same authority to grant employer credits for hiring ex-offenders whereas the Workforce Commission contracts that duty to a private company that gets a finders fee.Researching communicable disease prevention in prisons and jailsI'm happy to see Rep. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 5:35 am
I have high hopes this piece of legislation will make it all the way to the Governor's desk.In the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, the passage this week of Chuy Hinojosa's SB 103, a major Texas Youth Commission reform bill, made headlines (see prior Grits coverage). [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 3:33 am
Harold Dutton's HB 763 creating in prison geriatric communities, a need that will only grow as legislators continue to pass lengthy sentences for offenders with little chance for parole. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 3:41 pm
The board shall use the risk assessment scale to assess the risk of re-offending of each person subject to registration under this chapter, including incarcerated offenders who are within one year of their estimated release date, and assign each such person a risk level of high, medium or low. [read post]
