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27 May 2015, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The senate and the House  membership support reform, The barriers to getting something done seems to lie high up the food chain in the lower chamber. [read post]
23 May 2015, 6:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Eric Johnson (SB 549) to require most Texas county jails to provide in-person visitation (grandfathering a baker's dozen that built video only facilities in the last few years) has cleared committee in the second chamber this week and will soon become eligible for approval by the full senate. [read post]
6 May 2015, 6:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Coming off an unlikely 9-0 vote in the County Affairs Committee, HB 65 by McLendon authorizing needle exchange pilots in seven counties has been scheduled for a floor vote Monday. [read post]
2 May 2015, 10:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The years-long complaint is that parole officers use county jails for "jail therapy," keeping their charges locked up for a while when they have no intention of actually revoking them back to prison. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 4:15 am by Timothy P. Flynn
She has garnered headlines over the years with her tough sentences, putting ordinary folks in jail for up to 30-days on a first offense.In the case of 5-Hour Energy lawyer Alan Gocha, Jr., after unsuccessfully challenging the police traffic stop, he was sentenced to 6-days in the Oakland County Jail. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 7:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ditto for county jail and indigent defense costs, which are big cost drivers for county property taxes.So, what policy choices would facilitate lower spending on criminal justice without harming public safety? [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 8:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Many of the episodes at PDs are shootings or other killings in the field while taking suspects into custody; Sheriffs' numbers are more likely to represent deaths in the county jail. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 8:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Some of the biggest beneficiaries of such a policy would be county governments which don't want to raise taxes to pay for jail space and attorneys for indigent pot smokers and covet a new Class C revenue stream. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 3:15 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" Right now, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana is a Class B misdemeanor in Texas, meaning in theory the defendant faces a threat of up to six months in the county jail. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by KC Johnson
They were widely reported on; I did 22 posts on the CCI alone, and Stuart and I extensively commented on the Coleman Committee report, the Bowen/Chambers report, and the CCI report in UPI. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 7:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Thus, not only would counties not incur costs for jail and lawyers for the indigent, both cities and counties would get a new revenue stream from Class C tickets paid.Both times the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee recommended lowering penalties for low-level marijuana possession, the measure appeared to have enough votes on the floor to pass in the lower chamber. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 11:21 pm by Daniel Richardson
  Defendant aimed the gun at the field-hand and cocked a shell into the chamber. [read post]
14 Oct 2013, 8:04 am
As soon as we were hired, Matt visited the client in the Macomb County Jail. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 12:53 pm by Stephen Bilkis
The Notice of Violation/Violation of Release Report was served on petitioner at the Rensselaer County Jail where he was apparently held in connection with new criminal charges. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 2:42 pm by Stephen Bilkis
The Notice of Violation/Violation of Release Report was served on petitioner at the Rensselaer County Jail where he was apparently held in connection with new criminal charges. [read post]