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17 Oct 2016, 10:01 am
News of the conflict emerged in light of a new state audit of Harris County indigent defense systems, a document which Grit may delve into in more detail in a future post.Another forensics SNAFU could affect thousands of DWI casesIn Dallas, "Thousands of DWI convictions in North Texas could be jeopardized after the testimony of a state forensic scientist recently came under scrutiny. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 1:30 pm
I met a woman I’ll call “Nicole” in the Harris County Jail in Texas. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 10:39 am
Over the years, prosecutors have tried a variety of wacky legal theories (remember Cook County sheriff Dart suing Craigslist for “public nuisance”?) [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 10:26 am
In-state geographic disparities were notable in Texas: For example, 53 percent of drug arrests in Harris County are for marijuana, compared to 39 percent in Dallas County.The report authors found that, "the majority of people convicted of drug possession in Texas are sentenced to some form of incarceration. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 4:25 am
Methodist Hospital, No. 2015-69681 (Harris County, Tex.) is scheduled for trial in January. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 11:35 am
The case is Harris County and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 10:04 am
Just read it.Harris jail mops up mental health clientsA story on Baylor psychiatry students working at the Harris County Jail included these data on mental-health care given to jail inmates there:In Harris County, between 25 percent and 35 percent of the 9,400 jail inmates receives psychotropic medications, counseling or other services. [read post]
17 Sep 2016, 1:34 pm
” Federal statute inhibits Harris County jail reformA Jimmy-Carter era federal statute explains why the Harris County Jail has been so slow to reduce unnecessary jail deaths, reported the Marshall Project. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 9:02 am
The post Its Hell to Be Poor in Texas’ County Jails appeared first on . [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 10:21 am
The meeting will be broadcast live on the House of Representatives website here.Among other documents, the "meeting book" this time contains a joint power-point presentation from the Harris County DA and Public Defender on the rash of drug exonerations in that county stemming from a combination of over-aggressive drug enforcement and faulty field tests. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 8:11 am
Recently the Texas Fair Defense Project joined with a national group and local counsel to sue Harris County over a money-bail system that jails people who can't pay. [read post]
11 Sep 2016, 1:37 pm
We sure hope this trend continues… The post Police Destruction of Evidence Leads to Dismissal of Cases in Harris County appeared first on . [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
Glouster County School Board, finding the DOE’s interpretation was permissible). [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:37 am
We serve clients in Tyler, Smith County, and throughout east Texas. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:37 am
We serve clients in Tyler, Smith County, and throughout east Texas. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:35 am
Related Blog Posts Texas Court Holds that County Owed Attorney Fee for Representation of Its Subrogation Interest in Employee’s Car Accident Lawsuit – Harris County v. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:35 am
Related Blog Posts Texas Court Holds that County Owed Attorney Fee for Representation of Its Subrogation Interest in Employee’s Car Accident Lawsuit – Harris County v. [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 9:43 am
Grits believes we should celebrate by eliminating it and merging Texas' two high courts.Focus on recurrent deaths, medical care at Harris jailAccording to an article in the Huffington Post, which prominently quoted Harris County Public Defender Alex Bunin, "Texas largest jail hasn't learned much from Sandra Bland's death. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 7:47 am
“From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death,” Justice Harry Blackmun famously declared in 1994. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 9:45 am
Here are a few odd and ends which merit readers' attention while I work on a separate writing project:Bail required of most Harris Co. misdemeanor defendantsOnly 8.5 percent of misdemeanor defendants in Harris County are released on personal bonds, not 20 percent as the county earlier told a federal court, reported Lise Olsen at the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
