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20 Apr 2014, 4:00 am
Rodney Ellis and Texas Civil Right Project chief James Harrington recently wrote a letter to the Harris County Budget and Management Office suggesting alternatives to incarceration to avoid continuous requests for variances from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for extra jail beds, something the county has done eleven times since 2006. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 2:17 am
Even in Texas, other large counties such as Dallas, Bexar and El Paso use public defender offices. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 8:33 am
Ellis County, TX (December 16, 2020) – An auto accident reported in Ellis County claimed one person’s life on Monday afternoon. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 6:10 am
Marriott, 51, both of Gun Barrel City, Texas, Henderson County, as well as Karen Hayes, 56, Kemp, Texas, Kaufman County, were indicted by a Navarro County, Texas, grand jury for engaging in an organized mortgage fraud scheme that crossed four counties, Navarro, Henderson, Ellis and Kaufman Counties. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 9:35 am
In the decade since state lawmakers last addressed wrongful convictions, Texas has earned the distinction of having the highest number of exonerations based on DNA evidence in the nation.At least 42 men from a dozen Texas counties have leveled successful DNA challenges to their convictions, according to the Innocence Project of Texas.In light of that, Sen. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 7:08 am
Failure of leadership at Texas Forensic Science Commission Raises Concerns (Austin, Texas)//Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) today urged the Texas Senate to reject the nomination of Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley for the remainder of his term as Chair of the Texas Forensic Science Commission. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 11:28 am
In the wake of the most recent Dallas County exoneration, State Senator Rodney Ellis has announced that he will hold a summit on wrongful convictions next week at the Texas State Capitol. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 9:30 am
County officials agreed with the move in late July, in a case Commissioner Rodney Ellis said was “as big as Brown v. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 9:30 am
County officials agreed with the move in late July, in a case Commissioner Rodney Ellis said was “as big as Brown v. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 4:24 am
Texas to execute Mentally RetardedMan on April 11, 2007Since April 11th is only a week away, I suggest that people telephone,write or visit Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis.Rodney Ellis has repeatedly introduced Texas State Legislation to dealwith how the Texas courts are to handle Atkins v. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 2:33 pm
Board of Education, despite Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis' grandiose declaration to that effect. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 12:57 pm
Rodney Ellis and then-Rep. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 9:24 am
Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said Thursday. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 7:06 pm
Rodney Ellis of Houston, who is sponsoring a bill to create a Texas Innocence Commission to scrutinize the state's criminal justice system. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 5:08 am
Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, who helped write the bill, has said that Skinner's case is one the law was designed to affect.Last month, Skinner's lawyers filed a request in Gray County District Court for DNA testing under the new law. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 6:22 am
Rodney Ellis has criticized SB 1582, which raids money designated for juror pay and withholds grants from the Task Force on Indigent Defense to counties. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 9:30 am
Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis, also a senior adviser at Dentons US and a retired Texas senator, won the 2017 TMCP Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year Award. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 12:01 pm
Woodward is the 18th Dallas County inmate, and the 31sth in Texas, to be exonerated by DNA testing. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 4:46 pm
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS -- An Ellis County jury awarded two men $1.5 million as compensation for injuries they received in an 18-wheeler accident. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 2:18 am
Rodney Ellis has been pushing recently. [read post]
