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18 Sep 2008, 10:19 am
Upon observing that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins this week told the press he wanted to re-examine about 40 death penalty cases from Dallas County, Bill Baumbach at the Collin County Observer said the Charles Hood and Michael Blair cases show a similar review is needed in his county, offering this blog-cry in the wilderness about the damage recent incidents have caused to pubic confidence in the courts:Collin County is… [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 9:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Dallas County Jail right now houses roughly 7,800 inmates, according to comments by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards this morning, down from more than 10,000 at its height. [read post]
4 May 2016, 11:29 am by Michael Lowe
Dallas Justice Blog The post Forfeiture Funds are Back as Equitable Sharing Program Gears Up in Dallas County and State of Texas appeared first on Dallas Justice. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
Nowhere are faulty convictions more evident than in Dallas County, where 20 men have left prison after DNA tests cleared them. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 10:47 am
Dallas County already held the distinction of the county with the largest number of DNA exonerations in the nation. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 2:10 pm by Stephen Fox and Jonathan Clark
On March 22, 2020, the Chief Executive Officer of Dallas County, Texas (County Judge Clay Jenkins) issued a “Stay Home Stay Safe” order for residents of Dallas County. [read post]
20 Dec 2006, 1:28 pm
In his search to fill the No. 2 position in his new administration, Craig Watkins went outside the district attorney's office, outside the circle of Dallas County courthouse regulars and even outside the Dallas County legal bar. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 4:04 am
An apologetic county employee looking for information he'd read on Grits emails to let me know the Great Dallas Blog Ban is still in effect. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:34 am
It's good to see the folks at the DMN are just as fed up with the Dallas County Jail mess as I am! [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 3:55 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Following Houston's lead, Texas' second most populous county will experiment with the veterans court model authorized by the Texas Legislature last year, reports Christy Hoppe at the Dallas News ("Dallas County creating court for veterans with combat trauma," March 31):Soldiers who survive combat only to fall into addiction and depression could face a different kind of justice in Dallas County starting next month.Specialized… [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 7:40 am by Sarah Klein
Read More The post Dallas County Jail Is Ordered to Audit Mental Health Procedures appeared first on . [read post]
17 Feb 2007, 9:13 am
Reports the Dallas News ("Innocence Project to review Dallas County convictions," Feb. 16): The extraordinary number of DNA-based exonerations in Dallas County has led to a unique partnership between prosecutors and advocates for those who may be wrongly convicted. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 6:40 am
This consequence was foreseeable as the sunrise with Dallas County's rapid hiring of young, inexperienced jailers, and it's just as predictable that a bad incident will occur that creates more problems for the county. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 3:49 pm
The Dallas Morning News report is "Dallas County to keep public defender's appellate division. [read post]