Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethics. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Update: Court stays Milam execution

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On Monday, the Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Blaine Milam. The Court granted the stay due to questions on about the reli...
Friday, November 16, 2018

Walking that fine line

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On the day after Christmas in 2009, Albert James Turner went to the home of his in-laws in Fort Bend County and killed his wife and mother-i...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Just spitballing here

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Had a very interesting conversation with a relatively new prosecutor yesterday. We were discussing a case on the trial docket and he was sug...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

The problem with proving the unknown

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In an article for The Intercept  last week, Jordan Smith hit upon the ultimate problem with prosecutorial misconduct -- proving it is damn ...
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, April 25, 2018

Shining a light on judicial abuse

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There's just something about putting on that black polyester robe that brings out the worst in some people. Broward County (FL) Judge Me...
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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...
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...
Friday, January 12, 2018

When winning is the only thing

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This month's cover story in Slate  is about three prosecutors who kept pushing and refusing to give up the fight against men who were p...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The commodification of the law

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On Tuesday I spent more time that usual on Twitter. It might have had something to do with it being my birthday and feeling a bit unmotivate...
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Saturday, September 10, 2016

It's a trifecta!

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Harris County DA Devon Anderson may truly be the gift that never stops giving. In addition to the dumpster fire which is Precinct 4, in addi...
Friday, September 9, 2016

And the hits just keep coming

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Well, that certainly didn't take long. Already ankle deep in an evidence destruction scheme in Precinct 4, Harris County DA Devon Ande...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Stepping in it

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Oh what a mess Harris County DA Devon Anderson has found herself in. As has been reported in local media outlets, over the last nine years s...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Update: Disbarred attorney reinstated

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When last we left Houston attorney Robert Bennett he had been disbarred after a trial on alleged ethics violations. The State Bar alleged t...
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Friday, June 12, 2015

A small measure of justice

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Maybe the name Charles Sebesta rings a bell. If not, maybe the name Anthony Graves will. Mr. Sebesta was the prosecutor who withheld evi...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Unintended consequences of the Michael Morton Act

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All across the State of Texas, local district attorneys are teaming up with judges to find creative ways to get prosecutors out from under t...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Disgraced former DA gets new gig

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Disgraced former Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley has finally landed a new gig . He will be working in the Attorney General...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

First the plea, then the admonishments

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On Friday members of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers' Association stood outside Judge Michael Fields' courtroom handing out 3x5 c...
Monday, June 23, 2014

On picking your fights

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I was in municipal court for a client fighting a traffic ticket in a Houston suburb last Thursday. The court wants defendants in the courtro...