Friday, March 30, 2018

Two cities. Two men. Two killings.

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Stephon Clark and Danny Ray Thomas didn't know each other. They lived hundreds of miles apart. Mr. Clark lived in Sacramento and Mr. Tho...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

What accountability?

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On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was murdered on the sidewalk in front of a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Everyone knew the n...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Alabama calls off execution

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Doyle Lee Hamm, who survived Alabama's attempt to execute him last month, will not face another date with the executioner . After last...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Execution Watch: 03/27/2018

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Tomorrow night the State of Texas will murder... ROSENDO RODRIGUEZ, III. Mr. Rodriguez was condemned for the 2005 slaying of a pregnant wom...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Oklahoma to change its method of execution

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In the never-ending saga of state's trying to find ways to kill inmates, the state of Oklahoma has announced that it will being using in...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Captains (not so) courageous

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Let me just say it now, politicians, by and large, are not the most courageous folks out there. In fact they are pretty downright cowardly...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Let them eat cake

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There's a very strange law in Alabama that allows a sheriff to pocket the money not spent from the inmate food account. In other words, ...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Did Georgia just murder an innocent man?

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On Thursday night t he State of Georgia likely executed a man who was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Carlton Gary died...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

An interesting little read for a Saturday morning

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Here's a little something interesting to read related to the use of forensic science to determine just how a woman died. If more so-call...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Consequences, what consequences?

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Alfred Brown spent a decade of his life on death row in Texas before he was exonerated by phone records found in a detective's garage i...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

On schemes, whistles and influence-peddling

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Poor Jeffrey Wertkin. He had it tough. He left his job as an attorney with the Justice Department and took a gig with Akin Gump for a cool...
Monday, March 12, 2018

You're my home

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Steven Long was a janitor at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, home of the Seattle Seahawks. As befits many jobs in our society, this one didn...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Shocking, simply shocking

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Judge George Gallagher in Fort Worth, Texas must have an affinity for the Middle Ages. Either that or the Spanish Inquisition. You see, Ju...
Monday, March 5, 2018

Open mouth. Insert foot.

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Jimmy Blacklock was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat of Don Willett who was appointed by President Trump ...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

Dancing with the stars

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Once upon a time there was a strip club on the North Freeway called Fantasy Plaza. Now, believe it or not, drugs were sold at the club and m...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Constructing the plea mill

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Documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle cast new light on the ways Harris County judges systematically refused to grant personal bonds t...
Monday, February 26, 2018

God told me I couldn't bake you a cake

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Suffer (bring) the children to me. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Those a...
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

UPDATE: Governor commutes death sentence

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Less than an hour before Thomas Whitaker was scheduled to die, Gov. Greg Abbott commuted his sentence from death to life in prison. This fo...

Boobies are worse than school shootings

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On February 21, 2018, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School traveled to the state capitol in Tallahassee, Florida demanding act...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Execution Watch 2/22/2018

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Tomorrow the State of Texas intends to murder another person... THOMAS WHITAKER, 38. Mr. Whitaker was sentenced to death for conspiring w...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Checking the medicine cabinet

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From the Texas Tribune we have an accounting of the stockpile of drugs Texas has on hand for executions . What we don't have, thanks to ...
Monday, February 19, 2018

The Gun Show

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WNYC began producing a podcast entitled More Perfect  in 2016. It is an exploration into the Supreme Court. Last October they did an episo...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Losing leverage

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The purpose of bail is to ensure that the accused appears in court to answer the charge against him and to ensure the safety of the communit...
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Friday, February 16, 2018

It's a swing and a miss

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And it's strike two against Harris County in their efforts to maintain an unconstitutional and discriminatory bail policy in place. L...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Robb Fickman is mad as hell...

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For those of you who aren't aware, the Harris County Criminal Courthouse suffered severe damage as a result of Hurricane Harvey. The bu...
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