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11 Jan 2010, 6:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
After a year in office, Texas still has no nominees for US Attorney and the Houston Chronicle's Mary Flood has the story why:President Barack Obama enters his second year in office having filled only a third of the 93 top federal prosecutor spots in the nation, and no one's even nominated for the four open positions in Texas. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 9:09 am by Steve Hall
Today's Houston Chronicle reports, "Lawyers: HPD officer's killer should get life in retrial. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 5:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Turf wars may scuttle the idea of an independent crime lab in Houston separate and apart from law enforcement, to judge by the response to the mayor's inaugural address ("Parker wants HPD to give up control of crime lab," Houston Chronicle, Jan. 5):Two of Mayor Annise Parker's goals for her second term, as outlined in her inaugural address this week, may hinge on the cooperation of Harris County.Parker said she intends to take the city's… [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 3:56 am
Ratcliffe at the Houston Chronicle analyzes Keller's most controversial rulings. [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Yesterday's Houston Chronicle explores the widespread practice of using churches and other houses of worship as polling places. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 6:00 pm
"Supreme Court's inaction upholds city's sex-business ordinance": The Houston Chronicle provides a news update that begins, "The U.S. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 12:11 pm
Rosenthal of The Houston Chronicle has this news update. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 7:32 pm
"Federal judge's trial delayed because of new charges": Mary Flood of The Houston Chronicle has a news update that begins, "The trial of U.S. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 5:15 am
"Judge in death case violated policies; Keller, who shut out appeal, says new written rules reflect unwritten ones on that day": The Houston Chronicle today contains a front page article that begins, "Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller apparently violated court policies for handling death penalty cases when she closed the court clerk's doors on Michael Richard's efforts to file a last-minute appeal before his execution. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 12:26 pm
Judge David Hittner of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas [official website] heard testimony from three psychiatrists before concluding that Stanford's addiction to anti-anxiety and anti-depression medications prescribed by prison physicians has rendered him unable to meaningfully contribute to his defense [Houston Chronicle report]. [read post]
2 Aug 2008, 10:25 pm
"Court rejects appeal from teens' killer": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has dealt capital killer Jose Medellin a major setback in his bid to escape the executioner's needle, throwing out his bid for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus and his motion for a stay. [read post]
30 Jul 2007, 8:32 am
  The Houston Chronicle carries this AP report. [read post]
13 May 2016, 9:18 am
Mike Ward and Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that "Texas Supreme Court rules school finance system is constitutional. [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 8:00 am
"Texas religious schools lose appeals court battle over 'objectionable' emergency contraception": Allan Turner of The Houston Chronicle has this report. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 5:14 pm
" Kevin Diaz has this front page article in today's edition of The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
5 Apr 2015, 8:46 pm
"Appeals court to consider religious exemptions in Baptist-based contraception case; U.S. appeals court to hear challengeover federal health care mandate": Allan Turner of The Houston Chronicle has an article that begins, "The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. [read post]