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8 Feb 2019, 1:22 pm
Photo by Eric Quitugua Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
Perkins' sole experience in the criminal justice realm stems from a personal morality crusade against the sale of sex toys in Johnson County that led to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning Texas' law on the subject.She's so tough on crime, in other words, she's tough on crimes the federal courts say cannot exist because they're acts protected by the First Amendment. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 1:43 pm
" That is the mission of the new Dallas County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, which met [yesterday] in the Old Red Courthouse downtown. [read post]
LBB: Texas' prison population will dip next year for the first time in decades before rising further
13 Sep 2008, 11:37 am
Tony Fabelo and abolished the state's independent criminal justice number crunchers, the Texas Legislative Budget Board assumed responsibility for issuing population projections for the adult and juvenile justice systems. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 3:27 pm
More people have been freed through DNA testing in Texas than in any other state in the country, and these exonerations have revealed deep flaws in the state's criminal justice system. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 4:53 am
Most of the criticism of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals involves its spats with federal courts over the death penalty, its belated conversion to allowing innocence claims, and the troubles of its Presiding Judge Sharon "We Close At 5" Keller, who was assessed the largest ethics fine in state history for failing to disclose real estate she owned and corporate boards she sat on. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 6:52 am
This is the first senate bill I've seen in a House committee on criminal justice topics. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 10:44 am
” In some very significant ways, Texas has led the nation in moving criminal justice reforms from the drawing board to meaningful action, such as: increased emphasis on penal rehabilitation, established risk-profiling initiatives; and worked with community partnerships, such as faith-based groups to help with the reentry of inmates back into the community. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 10:47 am
Federal Criminal Investigations in Texas Here in North Texas, the United States’ Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas describes itself as serving “more than seven million residents in 100 counties that encompass nearly 96,000 square miles in northern and western Texas. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 8:09 am
There are criminal justice reformers in Texas who insist that Perry is anything but a hang-'em-high governor. [read post]
18 Jun 2022, 7:28 am
“Criminal justice reform” seems to have lost much of its political energy. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 12:50 pm
According to a new report (pdf) by the Vera Institute, "Texas taxpayers pay an average 23 percent more for state prisons than the state’s annual corrections budget reflects," reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman: "The new report by the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based research organization that tracks criminal justice trends, calculates the state’s total costs for its adult corrections and prison programs at $3.3… [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 5:41 am
OAG Opinion: The Attorney General was asked "[w]hether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may adopt a rule or policy requiring mandatory testing of incoming offenders for human immunodeficiency virus" to which he concluded: The Texas Board of Criminal Justice is authorized to adopt a rule or policy requiring mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus of incoming offenders in both the institutional division and… [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 5:07 pm
., the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition and the Texas Public Policy Foundation will give presentations at a criminal-justice forum sponsored by the Legislative Budget Board discussing the group's agendas for the coming legislative session. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 7:52 am
The genesis of the issue was the Texas Forensic Science seminar, held last October by the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit and seven other organizations. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 5:14 pm
I mentioned last week that Parole Board Chairwoman Rissie Owens, whose husband Ed is the number two man at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, had refused an on-camera interview with reporters at KHOU TV out of Houston, but said she would agree to answer written questions. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 9:48 am
The Texas House Appropriations Committee yesterday adopted recommendations (pdf) from its subcommittee on Article V of the budget, which covers Public Safety and Criminal Justice. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 12:54 pm
These upcoming events in Austin may interest some Grits readers:UT Law School conference to address developments in civil rights litigation since 9/11, February 3, 2012 (see the conference website) Legislative Budget Board (LBB) staff discuss adult correctional population projections, February 3, 2012, 1:30-3 pm.LBB staff discuss adult recidivism data, March 9, 2012, 1:30-3 pm.Mental health and substance abuse seminar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Criminal… [read post]
6 May 2014, 4:33 pm
If you'll be in Austin on Friday, this forum sponsored by the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) will cover quite a few relevant, interesting issues:We would like to remind you we will be hosting a Criminal Justice Forum on Friday, May 9, 2014, in which the LBB will host University Professors. [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:48 pm
The federal government, through the Justice Department and its Elder Justice Initiative, usually come on board in an elder crime case when the matter becomes complex, especially insofar as it involves money. [read post]
