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12 Nov 2018, 11:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On the podcast in September,  Mandy Marzullo and I discussed (and for the most part, dismissed) a theory by an academic that those reduced clearance rates were a result of reforms achieved by the innocence movement.MORE: This post brought to mind this classic, cinematic commentary on police clearance rates: [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 4:00 am by Administrator
Research & Writing CanLII Adds the Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide Susannah Tredwell For anyone looking a good guide to legal research, Catherine Best’s “Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research” has been updated by a team of legal research experts (Melanie Bueckert, André Clair, Maryvon Côté, Yasmin Khan and Mandy Ostick) and added to CanLII’s commentary section. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
  WLOS reports that former Buncombe County assistant manager Jon Creighton pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge arising from his participation with former Buncombe officials Wanda Greene and Mandy Stone in allegedly corrupt schemes while in public office. [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 7:30 am by Jonathan Bailey
He had been tapped by Cartoon Network to write a song for the show Grim and Evil (which would later be split into two shows, Evil Con Carne and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy). [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 5:00 am
Mandy Moore Moves On When the This is Us star wed Ryan Adams in 2009 it was during a pretty tumultuous personal time. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 3:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
” In August, podcast co-host Mandy Marzullo and I discussed how the junk-science writ has impacted death-penalty cases, and this story adds more context to that discussion.The combination of Texas' Forensic Science Commission's work - along with the state's early adoption of the junk-science writ - has put the state at the bleeding edge of efforts to challenge faulty forensics. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 8:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On the latest Reasonably Suspicious podcast, released yesterday, Mandy Marzullo and I discussed a theory suggested by Jay Wachtel that the innocence movement and measures taken to prevent false convictions had contributed to a decline in crime-clearance rates.Grits wishes I'd read this Washington Post op ed, published online the day we recorded, before that conversation, and perhaps we'll revisit the topic. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 1:58 pm by Guest Blogger
Mandy van Waes, 2L, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 9:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's what my co-host Mandy Marzullo, executive director of the Texas Defender Service, are discussing this month:Top StoriesLong lines at Texas DPS driver-license centers.Texas prison system can't keep rural prisons staffed.Death and TexasTexas' junk-science writ revisiting dubious forensics in capital cases.Interview:Scott Henson interviews Pam Colloff of ProPublica/New York Times Magazine on her latest feature on blood-spatter evidence and more.The Last… [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 5:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
My podcast partner, Mandy Marzullo, who is the executive director of the Texas Defender Service, asked if I'd let Grits readers know about that group's office warming event this evening. [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
  Along with Wanda Greene, who already had been charged with various offenses, former Assistant County Manager Jon Creighton and former County Manager Mandy Stone were indicted on a range of federal crimes arising from their alleged participation with an unnamed contractor in a bribery scheme. [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 3:06 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Josh Brodesky provides an account that corroborates Mandy's recollections.New competency restoration beds too little, too lateWith months-long backlogs for competency restoration beds at state mental hospitals, any new beds are welcome. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 5:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If you enjoyed (or were creeped out by) the idea of "snakes on a plane," you'll get a kick out of this month's podcast intro focusing on an astonishing rash of snake-related law-enforcement stories slithering up out of the news mire in Texas over the last several months.Shifting back to our regular, half-hour format, in the July episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast, cohost Mandy Marzullo and I discuss outcomes from Just Liberty's "Justice Needs a… [read post]
19 May 2018, 10:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas, and even those today seem absurdly outdated.For more background, Mandy Marzullo and I discussed the case in the November episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast, and the Dallas Observer published a feature heavy on adumbration of the relevant court cases earlier this year. [read post]