Friday, February 4, 2011

Beaten to death in Bangladesh

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Imagine being brought before a religious council because you broke one of the Ten Commandments. You have no right to an attorney because it...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Lined up in the deep freeze

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It would appear that my colleague, Murray Newman, beat me to the punch with his pictures of folks lined up outside the Criminal (In)justice ...
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Police brutality in action

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Courtesy of KTRK-13 in Houston and Quannel X, this is the actual video footage of the beatdown of burglary suspect Chad Holley by members of...

Is the courthouse open?

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From Bonnie Quiroga, the director of Justice Administration for Galveston County, comes this link to find out which courts are closed due to...

Is wintry mix found next to spring mix in the produce section?

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Here's what we have to look forward to tonight and tomorrow. My daughter can't quite understand why her daddy doesn't want snow...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Who knew this cold weather was coming?

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And what was the cause behind today's rolling blackouts in Texas? A frozen pipe and a busted pipe at two coal-fired power plants took s...

Is there an information blackout, too?

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Looking for information from ERCOT (Energy Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.) about the rolling blackouts across Texas? Here's what yo...

Texas court lowers the standard for reasonable suspicion

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Over the years court have continually lowered the standard by which a police officer may intrude upon the liberty of an individual. A law en...
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Rolling blackouts come to Texas

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Deregulation will usher in a new era of lower consumer prices and more reliable service. Those words, or words to that effect, have been u...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Pounding the pavement

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My knees and calves are still a bit sore from running 26.2 miles through the streets of Houston on Sunday - but it's a good kind of sore...

The perpetual state of war

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Being in a perpetual state of war is the perfect way to deflect attention away from the lack of civil rights and liberties and from the grow...
Monday, January 31, 2011

North Carolina crime lab withheld test results in over 200 cases

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Never forget who runs the "crime labs" in most jurisdictions. In most instances they are under the control of a local or state pol...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Death sentence for DUI?

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According to this report from WCGL-TV in Atlanta, that's exactly what Willie Sutton received when he was arrested for a second DUI. W...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Guilty unless proven otherwise

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Who among us hasn't commented about the "black-robed prosecutor" sitting on the bench or about having to try a case against tw...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Does the State Bar even care about us?

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I sat through three hours of CLE yesterday listening to the pros and cons of the State Bar's proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary ...

I'm from the government and I'm here to help

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Now we have a judge in Harris County who is concerned about the amount of time our clients miss from work or school as the result of appeari...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Slow and steady wins the race

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I recently handled a dope case in which the police claimed to have found one rock of cocaine in his vehicle. The officer, after cuffing my c...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

The opposition grows

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The number of organizations coming out against the State Bar's proposed changes to the disciplinary rules continues to grow: Texas Cri...

Political propaganda disguised as education?

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Not to be outdone by those opposing the proposed changes to the disciplinary rules , the State Bar of Texas has decided to bring out of reti...

To the island and back

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Here are a couple of interesting photos I took on my way back and forth to the island the other day. Yes, I took them while I was driving. I...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Your state bar dues money in action

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While killing time at the Galveston County Law Library, I came across this pamphlet on the proposed ethics rule changes. The pamphlet was pr...
Friday, January 21, 2011

UT Law offers free CLE on proposed rule changes

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For those of you who want more information on the State Bar's proposed disciplinary rules changes, the University of Texas is offering a...

Grievance filed against Judge Killer

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The presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Sharon Keller, now finds herself the target of a grievance filed by the  Texas C...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Public shaming, part deux

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First there was the Twitter campaign by the Montgomery County (TX) District Attorney's Office. To refresh your memories, the MCDAO made...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Court deems lab reports inadmissible

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While standing trial for possession with intent to distribute narcotics, Ronald Johnson objected to the admission of lab reports attesting t...