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15 Sep 2016, 9:02 am by John Floyd
      The post Its Hell to Be Poor in TexasCounty Jails appeared first on . [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 10:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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 by Gritsforbreakfast
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 by John Floyd
  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, 9:35 am by Earl Drott
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 by Earl Drott
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 by Gritsforbreakfast
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 by Sarah Turberville
“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 by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
29 Aug 2016, 1:02 pm by John Floyd
  Robbins’ freedom came after a former Harris County associate medical examiner named Dr. [read post]
26 Aug 2016, 1:20 pm by Michael
Michael 507th District Court of Harris County Texas This Court is the newest Family District Court in Harris County, having been established in 2016. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 10:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
," describing how data gathering initiatives in Texas and California are providing a fuller picture of police shootings and deaths in custody for the first time.Harris County law enforcement does not use statutory authority to give tickets instead of arresting people for low-level pot offenses, but it's not because of District Attorney opposition, as elsewhere. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 11:52 am by Kevin
Alexander Williams, of Fredonia, in the county of San Saba and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps…. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 10:01 am by John Floyd
The Harris County Jail (HCJ)is the third largest jail in the United States, and the largest in the State of Texas. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 12:22 pm by jennifer
In 2014, the Harris County District Attorney began an audit of 456 Texas drug possession convictions and related test results. [read post]