Showing posts with label bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bonds. Show all posts
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Blowing smoke at the courthouse

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Oh, campaign season is all around us. The other day I got a mailer from the Republican Party of Texas promoting Republican judges. I suppose...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Fighting for injustice

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Once again the Republican misdemeanor judges in Harris County have their panties in a wad . And, once again, it has to do with a federal jud...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Harris County Chief Public Defender under fire

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Alex Brunin is the Chief Public Defender for Harris County. His clientele consists of those who haven't the money to hire an attorney to...
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...
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...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Is Harris County deliberately undermining a federal court order?

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This past June an order from US District Judge Lee Rosenthal went into effect that drastically altered the way pretrial bonds are handled in...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Standing up to coercive bonding guidelines

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The first post I wrote for this blog - way back in August 2008 - was a short piece on the need for PR (personal recognizance) bonds in Harr...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Conflicting interests

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So here I am, after a long weekend, wondering what I'm going to write about on Tuesday morning when a very interesting story drops into ...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

One lump or two?

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Oh, the hypocrisy of those limited government folks never ceases to amaze. As Grits for Breakfast  reports, Teabaggers in Smith County (that...
Monday, December 20, 2010

If you're living in a glass house...

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Once again State District Judge Kevin Fine has found himself in a bit of hot water. You should remember that the local Republican Party make...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

A little blue lie

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I recently received a phone call from a former client who found out there was a warrant for his arrest. He said the officer had called his h...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Who is indigent in Harris County?

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It is a rarity in Harris County for any defendant who is out on bond to receive appointed counsel. There is even one judge in the Criminal (...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Squeezing the working poor

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The working poor have long been the victims of a cruel trick when it comes to health care in this country - they make too much to qualify fo...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Wearing two hats

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I must preface my remarks by saying that I know plenty of good attorneys that also write bonds - it's common practice for attorneys who ...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

PR Bonds

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Rumors are swirling about that inmates in the Harris County Jail will soon be receiving 3-for-1 credit on their time served. Harris County c...
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