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4 Feb 2008, 6:19 am
I've been focused elswhere besides the blog, or I would have mentioned sooner this Dallas News story about the Pecos County District Attorney's race ("Pecos DA criticized in youth jail sex scandal seeking re-election," Feb. 2), notable in particular because the incumbent running for re-election is the prosecutor who refused to pursue child molestation charges against Texas Youth Commission administrators at the West Texas State School, launching a… [read post]
1 Feb 2008, 8:20 am
The Dallas Morning News reports, "Dallas district attorney's office seeks to withdraw death row inmate's execution date. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 8:49 pm
I know that the Harris County District Attorney's Office has never bothered a whole lot with the rule against ex parte communications with judges, leaving such ethical breaches to the discretion of the prosecutors. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 9:17 pm
" …For Greg Davis, Collin County's first assistant district attorney, one of his qualms with the new law is the perception created by ticketing for a drug offense, instead of making an arrest. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:45 am
I believe it's a function of decisions by local officials - mostly police deployment decisions (and possibly racial profiling) combined with district attorneys' charging practices. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:37 pm
District Attorney Teresa Clingman echoed Painter, saying the computer system has helped, but it's the cooperation of the pretrial bonding department, sheriff, police, jail and the city's computer system has helped speed things up. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 1:04 pm
Clements of the San Francisco City Attorney's office presented the County's argument. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 9:41 am
Leticia Pena Martinez, Director of Family Initiatives, Child Support Division, Office of the Attorney General Ms. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 2:37 pm
Medina's on an accusation of tampering -- Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said his office didn't think there was enough evidence to charge Mr. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 12:11 am
"We felt like some of the associates ... were working excess hours, and we felt we should provide a special bonus to them," says Stanley Mayo, managing partner of Patton Boggs' Dallas office. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 7:23 am
Hiram Macbeth IIITravis County District AttorneyDemocrat Ronnie Earle is retiring after more than 30 years on the job, and four of his staff members are vying in the Democratic primary to replace him:Democrats: First Assistant District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg and Assistant District Attorneys Gary Cobb, Mindy Montford and Rick Reed. [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 1:30 am
Reports the Statesman:The 180-day term imposed by [state District Judge Charlie] Baird on Friday calls for the time to be served on weekends. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 9:26 am
A spokeswoman for Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said the prosecutor's office will ask that the date be set aside if no one files an appeal on the inmate's behalf. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 2:04 am
Dean's story parrots the false assessment from the Dallas News that Travis County is the only jurisdiction using the new authority. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 10:32 am
Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins had a column in the Dallas News (Jan. 7) yesterday reflecting on his first year in office. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 4:21 am
Having an attorney in the district attorney's office focused on DNA will likely increase the caseload. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 12:51 am
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers attention:Now Rosenthal is really out ... maybeChuck Rosenthal finally decided not to run for re-election for Harris County District Attorney, but ironically he may have screwed up the letter asking to be removed from the ballot. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 1:36 pm
Chatman's exoneration, and the exoneration of other wrongfully convicted Dallas County prisoners, are largely the results of the the work of Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins and the Innocence Project. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 4:58 am
District Attorney Craig Watkins, who has made DNA- based exonerations a hallmark of his first year in office, apologized to Chatman, shook his hand and praised his long effort to clear himself. 'You are an example of how justice is supposed to work,' Watkins said. [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 10:01 am
Including Chatman, the state will have released at least 30 wrongfully convicted inmates since 2001, according to the Innocence Project.Mike Ware, who heads the Conviction Integrity Unit in the Dallas County District Attorney's office, said he expects that number to increase.One of the biggest reasons for the large number of exonerations in Texas is the crime lab used by Dallas County, which accounts for about half the state's DNA cases. [read post]
