Thursday, May 31, 2012

Guilty, as charged

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Our Constitution provides that anyone accused of a crime will be afforded due process of law (now that's a moving target). That means th...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Let's go back to the past

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Just what does it take for a bunch of Republicans to come off the golf course and stand in line to vote out an incumbent District Attorney? ...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Book review: Let's play two!

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It's traditional in baseball lore that whoever led their league on Memorial Day was the odds-on favorite to win the pennant come October...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Brother, can you spare a bill or two?

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I received a mailer a few days ago - well, actually a few weeks ago - from a sitting family court judge who was holding a fundraiser not too...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

My two cents on the contested GOP primary races

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Since I don't even know where the Republicans hold their klaverns primaries around here you won't find me behind a curtain casting ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The man with his finger on the button

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Well so much for all that checks and balances nonsense. Not to mention all that talk of separation of powers. The Obama White House has deci...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Which side of the fence am I on?

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Poor Murray. Sometimes he just can't seem to decide if he's a defense lawyer or a prosecutor. There are times it seems as if he'...
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United asks city to limit competition

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The heads of major corporations always profess their allegiance to the laws of capitalism. They claim they want less government regulation s...
Monday, May 21, 2012

The American paradox

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Doug Berman over at Sentencing Law and Policy   recently quoted from an article in The Guardian  in which Bernard Harcourt points out what ...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Jesus loves me...

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There are rants and then there are rants. Enjoy. H/T The Houston Press
Friday, May 18, 2012

A dress rehearsal for clamping down

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As Chicago prepares for the NATO summit this weekend I'm left with one little nagging question - why does NATO still exist? The meetin...

How many innocent men must die?

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You know it's happened. We all know it's happened. We all try to pretend that there is no way it could happen. But that's just a...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Talk back to METRO about the TSA

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Once again it's time to voice your displeasure toward METRO's decision to ask TSA to send agents down to harass bus and rail passeng...

The verdict was neither right nor wrong

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A jury in Harris County found former Houston police officer Andrew Blomberg not guilty of official oppression in the beating of teenager Cha...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Update: Court issues stay of execution

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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Steven Staley upon a motion from his attorneys arguing that the State of Texas ...

More upheaval in Greece

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Well, Ms. Merkel, it would appear that the Greek people just aren't having any part of your forced austerity measures . Attempts to fo...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Execution Watch: 5/16/2012

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The state that carries out more executions than any other state is ready to kill again... ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE: S...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Where's the justice in that?

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Scott Greenfield over at Simple Justice  posted a very interesting piece on the abuse of mandatory minimums in federal drug cases . While on...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Opposition to same-sex marriage may very well be moot

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North Carolina just became the 12th state to outlaw same-sex marriage. At the same time the referendum last Tuesday night provided President...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

A new perspective on our solar system

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This video is just way too cool. Check out how different planets would appear in the night sky if they were as close to the earth as the moo...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Walking the walk

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So what do you do if you're a repressive authoritarian regime and there's one of those pesky lawyers who just insists on defending a...

A convenient leak

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Bad economic news. Race for Republican nomination down to one. Growing discontent over the security state. Must be time for anot...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Valley guy

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Only down in the Valley would a public official under federal indictment not only refuse to step down from his office but would continue his...

Survey says...

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Oh, are there ever some Texas prosecutors with some seriously ruffled feathers after Judge Barbara Hervey of the Texas Court of Criminal App...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Overfederalization? What overfederalization?

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S usan Klein, a law professor at the University of Texas, wants you to know that all these claims that criminal law has been over-federalize...