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13 Apr 2011, 8:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At that rate, and in the current budget environment given competing priorities, testing every old kit in every jurisdiction while keeping up with ongoing demand may simply not be practical.In Dallas, District Attorney Craig Watkins famously teamed up with the Innocence Project of Texas to vet old cases where biological evidence was available for testing, usually from a rape kit, a process which cleared innocent people but also resulted in the identification and… [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 6:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Canino, Regional Attorney of the EEOC's Dallas District Office, which investigated the case and is bringing the lawsuit. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 6:11 pm
Canino, Regional Attorney of the EEOC's Dallas District Office, which investigated the case and is bringing the lawsuit. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers' attention:Praising Pat LykosNewsweek has an article this week praising Pat Lykos' transformation of the Harris County District Attorney's office that would make Murray Newman pull his hair out if he had any. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 11:52 am by Steve Hall
The unit is the second of its kind in Texas after Dallas County, where District Attorney Craig Watkins has exonerated 10 prisoners since 2007. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 3:17 pm by Steve Hall
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office, under Craig Watkins's leadership, should be commended for taking a serious look at the questionable procedures and shoddy evidence routinely used in the past that have plagued former administrations and led to scores of wrongful convictions. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 11:34 am by Mark S. Humphreys
This is an opnion issued on March 17, 2011, by the Texas Court of Appeals, First District, Houston. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 11:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
") In particular, the idea of using checkpoints for immigration checks or nabbing asset-forfeiture income basically ran aground on the rocky shores of reality:A long parade of witnesses, including the El Paso District Attorney and DPS Director Steve McCraw, pointed out specific ways that drivers license checkpoints can run afoul of the 4th Amendment. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 5:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports Johnson:In Dallas County, the wrongs are being righted because "the evidence — decades after it was collected — was there to test," District Attorney Craig Watkins says. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 3:36 pm by Colin O'Keefe
The Securities Fraud Sentinel is authored by Dallas attorney Brady Sparks. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 11:50 am
Wilmer can get crazy; cases from the Wilmer Police Department should be given extra screening at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 1:50 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
According to the SA Express News, last week "four-term Jim Wells County district attorney pleaded guilty Monday to a felony count of misappropriating more than $2 million in asset forfeiture funds. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 12:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While its corporate offices are in Florida, and the company also maintains offices in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts., New York, Texas, and the District of Columbia. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 8:34 am by Steve Hall
Edward Dawson, an attorney for Gray County District Attorney Lynn Switzer, whose office prosecuted Skinner's capital murder case, said he was disappointed with the ruling but described it as "a pretty narrow decision on the procedural point. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 6:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
” Martinez’s attorneys had tried to get the statements suppressed, but 404th state District Court Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez denied the motion.Martinez had claimed he was coerced into making the statements and did not understand his Miranda rights when he spoke to police.Claims of coercion, inadequacy of Miranda, etc., are common, but if interrogations are recorded, there will usually be no need for such pretrial suppression hearings. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 12:56 pm by Mark S. Humphreys
That quasi-private agency only does criminal work, and refers their investigations to district attorneys, the U.S. attorney's office, state attorney general's office and licensing agencies. [read post]