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18 Feb 2011, 6:03 am
In the House, Gallego is Innocence Man! [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 5:02 pm
House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden and House Criminal Jurisprudence Chairman Pete Gallego have both announced they won't run for reelection next year, reports the Austin Statesman. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 3:05 pm
The Texas Access to Justice Commission and Texas Access to Justice Foundation honored the first recipient of the Texas Access to Justice Legislative Hero Award, Texas House Representative Pete P. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 8:07 am
Pete Gallego, is holding a hearing today at 10:00 AM, in room E2.010.The committee is meeting to consider Charge #1: Examine the deferred adjudication system in Texas and recommend legislative changes.Although there will be invited testimony only, the public is welcome to attend and listen to the hearing.If you can't make it to the Capitol you can click here to stream the hearing live. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 4:54 am
The Texas House yesterday approved eyewitness ID reform legislation carried by House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chairman Pete Gallego. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 2:30 pm
Pete Gallego helped pass legislation to standardize police lineup and photo identification procedures statewide last session.Come September, all law enforcement agencies that conduct photo or video lineups must adopt eyewitness policies and procedures. [read post]
7 May 2009, 3:30 am
John Whitmire's SB 1529 regulating asset forfeiture, House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chairman Pete Gallego said he was sending a DVD to committee members with this story from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 about Tenaha, a small town in East Texas that allegedly decided ripping off drivers passing through town was easier than raising taxes.Key to ending the practice in Tenaha, the legislation would forbid police or prosecutors from requesting, requiring, or in any manner… [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 6:17 am
Before I head up to the capitol this morning for the House Criminal Jurisprudence hearing on Chairman Pete Gallego's innocence legislation - including bills addressing eyewitness identification, recording interrogations in violent crimes, and allowing habeas relief when improvements in science might prove innocence - I thought I'd link to preview coverage from KXAN-TV in Austin (short ad at the beginning):Quite a few exonerees and their family members are in town for… [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 4:53 am
The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee held a hearing this week on the implementation of its eyewitness identification legislation and invited just one witness: Rita Watkins from Sam Houston State University - whose team at the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas drafted the model policy mandated under HB 215, a bill authored by the outgoing chairman of the committee, Pete Gallego, who is leaving the Lege after 22 years to run for Congress.Surprisingly, there was… [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 8:10 am
So if seven members had voted differently, it would have passed.As it happens, although 57% of Democrats in Congress supported the amendment (111-83), two-thirds of Texas Democrats (eight members) voted to kill it, including several Grits thinks should know better: The no votes from that group were Sheila Jackson Lee, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ruben Hinojosa, Joaquin Castro, Marc Veasey, Al Green, Henry Cuellar and Pete Gallego. [read post]
22 Jan 2010, 6:59 am
" Here's what he wrote:Last week, the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by Representative Pete Gallego, invited me to testify about how Texas might improve the state of forensic science. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 4:45 pm
Pete Gallego, SB 122, which removed certain grounds for prosecutorial objections to post-conviction DNA testing. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 12:32 pm
Congressman Pete Gallego of the 23rd District of Texas, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. [read post]
17 Jan 2010, 7:40 am
Committee Chairman Pete Gallego opened the hearing by declaring he was looking for a "milepost or guidance" for when and how forensic evidence is admitted that would "rebuild some of the faith, some of the credibility of the system. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 8:46 am
Pete Gallego of the 23rd District of Texas, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, and Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 6:06 am
Pete Gallego and Sen. [read post]
9 Nov 2006, 7:07 am
Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) and Tracy King (D-Eagle Pass) during a Democratic caucus intended to discuss a possible impending speaker's race. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 11:15 am
And it turns out House Criminal Jurisprudence Chairman Pete Gallego left his seat to run for Congress. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 1:42 pm
Pete Gallego would improve the way photo identifications are conducted by law enforcement. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 9:37 am
He handled his role as Chairman of the Subcommittee of Capitol Punishment with grace and professionalism," Representative Pete Gallego said.On the Urban Affairs Committee, Miklos worked on issues pertaining to cities and municipal workers. [read post]
