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12 Jan 2014, 10:19 am
Charles Kuffner has posted a 68-minute interview with Senate Criminal Justice Chairman John Whitmire. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 3:43 pm
John Whitmire's idea for downsizing the Texas Youth Commission and shifting more responsibility to counties, an aide to Sen. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 7:49 am
It refers to Texas State Senator John Whitmire, Dean of the Senate and Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
12 Mar 2016, 10:54 am
Hearing news that someone fired at least four shots into Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire's Houston offices, Grits couldn't help wonder why anyone would want to shoot the Houston Democrat, who's served that district with distinction for four decades. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 1:45 pm
Charles Kuffner at Off the Kuff recently posted interviews (audio only) with Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire and state Sen. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 1:17 pm
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire has a bill up today in his committee, SB 883, that would save the state hundreds of millions of dollars over the next several years.The bill would give parolees "time credit for the period of time spent on parole ... till the time of noncompliance, regardless of the amount of time spent on conditional release. [read post]
17 Jan 2016, 6:10 am
John Whitmire, D-Houston, sees is a woman charged with a traffic stop who should have been in and out of the county jail within 18 hours of being booked. [read post]
21 May 2015, 6:22 am
John Whitmire's legislation - now amended onto a passing house bill - to eliminate the state's pick-a-pal grand jury system.On Tuesday in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, Chairman John Whitmire substituted his "consensus" senate version of grand jury reform to HB 2150 by Rep. [read post]
16 Feb 2008, 10:50 pm
John Whitmire is still on the warpath against the new conservator, Richard Nedelkoff. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 6:24 am
John Whitmire, D-Houston, received a threat a year ago from a death row inmate using a smuggled cell phone. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 5:33 am
John Whitmire, who co-chairs the joint House-Senate reform committee on TYC, now says he doesn't support firing every felon.So who, then, exactly, gave Kimbrough the OK to fire the 66 workers at TYC with old felonies? [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 4:32 am
John Whitmire's SB 1630, filed Friday. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 2:11 pm
Texas death row inmates no longer choose their last meals after Whitmire expressed outrage over the dining request of a second man condemned for Byrd's killing. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 10:03 am
John Whitmire has filed a bill, SB 135, which would fundamentally alter the grand jury system in Harris and other Texas counties by abolishing the "key man" system and requiring that grand jurors be selected from the regular jury pool. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:27 am
Senator John Whitmire, a Democrat from Houston, represents Texas Senate District 15 and serves as Chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 7:19 am
State Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire filed legislation yesterday - SB 825 - that would disallow the state bar from issuing private reprimands to prosecutors who withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 9:45 am
John Whitmire, D-Houston, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 1:30 pm
John Whitmire openly proposed "abolishing" the Texas Youth Commission and moving its functions to the counties (possibly along the lines of what's being proposed in California). [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 7:57 am
Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chair John Whitmire co-authored an op-ed piece in the Washington Post today along with another state senator from Kansas on the topic of "Cutting the Prison Rate Safely. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 4:26 am
John Whitmire and some advocacy groups at yesterday's hearing were still pushing the idea, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:“There are just over 1,400 youths left — about the size of a middle school in Austin — and yet the budget is $250 million, the central office staff remains large, the recidivism is still high … the cost of caring for each youth is $120,000 a year — an amazing amount,” Whitmire said. [read post]
