Friday, August 31, 2012

Deflecting blame

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Two weeks ago in South Africa, police fired into a crowd of striking mineworkers . Thirty-four miners ended up dead. The police claimed th...

Revenge, hypocrisy and the death penalty

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Rick Perry has some catching up to do. Earlier this week the Iraqi government announced that it had executed 21 prisoners convicted of te...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

A life spared

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Anthony Pierce isn't going to die . At least not at the hands of the state's killing machine. Mr. Pierce has been living on death ...
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Judge calls for heads in drug test fiasco

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You know the drill. The client accepts an offer of probation because, like most sane people, he doesn't particularly want to find out wh...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Poisoning the panel

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The other day Scott Greenfield brought us the story of Erie (NY) County District Attorney Frank Sedita III whose biggest problem isn't ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The candidate strikes back

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In Texas both the Democratic and Republican parties hold primaries to determine who will be facing off in a general election. There is no pa...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Rewriting the past

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If you followed the Tour de France back in the early to mid 90's then you knew who Lance Armstrong was before he became famous. He was a...
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Welcome to the newest berobed prosecutor

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As predicted here the other day, Gov. Rick Perry appointed GOP nominee, and career prosecutor, Ryan Patrick to fill out Kevin Fine's ter...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

I got my "i" on you

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We live in an age where we are encouraged to spy on our neighbors, co-workers and friends. It's all about conformity and ratting out a...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Project dehumanization

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It's certainly not unusual for the state to do whatever it can to dehumanize a person accused of a crime. Whether that be parading them ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Update: Last minute reprieve

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The State of Texas really wanted to stick that needle in John Balentine's arm tonight and pump a lethal dose of pentobarbital into his v...

That's the way the wild wind blows

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Apparently the wind's been blowing extra hard out on the West Texas plains this summer. At least that's the only logical explanation...

Strange happenings at the courthouse

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It has been quite the exciting 48 hours in Houston politics this week. First comes word on Tuesday that State District Judge Kevin Fine is s...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

An alternative to jailing the homeless

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Once again kudos are due to a target of my barbs. This time it's Annise Parker, the mayor of Houston, who is presiding over the construc...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Execution Watch: 8/22/2012

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The wheels of the death machine in Texas keep rolling along... ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE: JOHN BALENTINE . It's th...

Pussy Riot and the decline of empire

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Two years in prison for performing an anti-government song in a church. Two years in prison for insulting the official religion. Two years i...
Monday, August 20, 2012

A not so open-and-shut case

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The other day I was down in the little town of Rosenberg to try a speeding case for a truck-driving client of mine. It seems he was clocked ...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Rearranging the deck chairs as the Disastros sink

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The Houston Astros have now established themselves as a full-blown minor league team toiling at the bottom of the Major Leagues. In addition...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Book review: The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

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Ever play "what if?" Sure you have. What if the referee had ruled that Mike Renfro caught that ball in the end zone against the ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

City to subsidize development of luxury apartments rather than affordable housing

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It's a well rehearsed mantra any time a professional sports teams asks the government to use public money to fund a private business (wh...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Cleaning for pennies

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Welfare was never meant to be a permanent fix. It was intended to be a temporary assistance program to help those who lost their jobs or the...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

In defense of learning

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About two weeks ago, Scott Greenfield penned a wonderful essay in defense of algebra . His post was in response to an op/ed in the New York ...
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Swimming against the tide

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I've written many times before about the myth of closure when talking about the death penalty. I've said often that killing an inmat...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Book review: Who Gets What

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With news that  donations to a fund for the victims of the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado have topped three million dollars , it'...

The government knows best

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The State of Texas has decided it is qualified to tell doctors how to run their practices and what to tell their patients. According to a p...