Monday, February 28, 2011

A look at HPD's history

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On the ground floor of HPD Headquarters at 1200 Travis Street is the HPD Museum that contains an interesting assortment of items from HPD...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Intellectually dishonest or just full of it?

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With Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Thomas espousing original intent -- along with a gaggle of Tea Partiers and right wing Republicans --...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Remembering the Alamo

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175 years ago today began the 13 days of glory that defined the Republic of Texas. On February 23, 1836, General Santa Ana's forces arr...

Taking things too far

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I love college football. Other than the Super Bowl, I could care less what happens in the NFL. I'll take marching bands, cheerleaders, t...

Confronting police brutality

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Tuesday was the day to speak out against police brutality at the weekly meeting of the Houston city council. As I was scheduled to appear i...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Touring the island by foot

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The fog got thicker and thicker the closer I got to the coast. There were stretches of the highway that were almost pitch black. The morni...
Monday, February 21, 2011

I'm taking my ball and going home

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After a referendum in which the State Bar's proposed disciplinary rules changes were defeated by about an 4-1 margin across the board, t...
Friday, February 18, 2011

State Bar proposals go down in flames

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The results are in and the leadership of the State Bar is still trying to wipe the egg off their faces after suffering a humiliating defeat...
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To the batcave, Robin

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Stop me if you've heard this one before - the Houston Police Department, along with the Harris County DA's Office and MADD announced...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Reasonable Doubt, 2/17/2011

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Tonight I'll be a guest on Reasonable Doubt on public access television ( Houston Media Source ) in Houston. The show is sponsored by t...

Today is your last chance to vote

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Cindy Owens and Michael Villasana and their colleagues with the Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas urge you to tell the State Bar yo...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The more things change, the more they stay the same

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I sat on a panel at a community meeting on police brutality on Tuesday night and listened as dozens of folks spoke of incidents in which the...

A glimpse into the future?

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If you want an idea of what a post-apocalyptical United States might look like, the kind folks with the New York State Unified Court System ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

An appeal to the other side of the well

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I'm addressing this post to my colleagues "across the well" who work as prosecutors in the State of Texas. The proposed change...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Adding insult to injury

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It's not enough that the State of Texas took 18 years away from Anthony Graves for a crime he didn't commit. Now Susan Combs , the s...

Time's running out to vote on rule changes

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At 5:00 p.m. on February 17, voting on the proposed changes to the Texas disciplinary rules will come to an end. I'm fairly certain that...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Making sausage

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In the past week both Mark Bennett and I have written about the op/ed piece written by HCCLA Vice President Chris Tritico regarding the re...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

The playlist for trial prep

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It's time for some serious trial prep.  I'm in a jazz mood today so here's what I'm listening to as I put together my trial ...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Can't we all just be friends?

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If you're a judge, is it okay for you to set up a Facebook page and "friend" lawyers who appear in your court? If you're...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Back to the schoolhouse

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the Texas Appleseed report on school districts farming out their disciplinary problems to the criminal (in)jus...

Casting a light on the underbelly of the city

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For months the Harris County District Attorney's Office fought to prevent the video of Chad Holley being beaten by members of the Houst...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Leading the lambs to slaughter

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I was in County Court No. 2 in Galveston County this morning to file a motion and discuss a case with the prosecutor. Despite taking my time...
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Here's an idea for limiting government

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Courtesy of Grits for Breakfast , here's the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Legislator's Guide on Overcriminalization . Texa...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Bargaining power

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Hosni Mubarak's pledge that he will step down at the end of his current term is akin to the jailed defendant who asks you to tell the pr...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Were the rolling blackouts necessary?

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For those of y'all who endured the rolling blackouts in Texas on Wednesday morning, here comes word from Tom Fowler  (of the Houston Chr...