Thursday, June 9, 2011

More fun with science

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Here's a document from the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas regarding an interesting finding on a proficiency test....
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A look lack at the 82nd Texas Legislature

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Here's an update on matters affecting lawyers and the criminal (in)justice system that were introduced into the recently completed regul...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A father's concern

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My client's father was concerned. He was concerned that the case hadn't been resolved. He was concerned whether this case would ...

Due process 101

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H/T Judge Susan Criss
Monday, June 6, 2011

Twitter just says no

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Which online organization actually has the balls to stand up and defend its users' privacy? It's not Google. It's not Facebook...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Survey says...

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About a week ago I received the following e-mail from a lawyer in Paris working on a master's degree in something called Legal Sociology...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Diverted from justice

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While I was sitting in a courtroom at the Harris County Criminal (In)justice Center the other morning I couldn't help but listen in on t...
Friday, June 3, 2011

A legal fiction

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Texas courts like to maintain this legal fiction that license suspensions following a breath test refusal or failure are just civil matters....

Buried in a cover up

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Jim Tressell is out as head football coach at Ohio State. Faster! Faster! They're gaining on us! The Buckeye football program is now...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

The latest cancer risk (or just another scare)?

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So cell phones can cause brain cancer . Or not . The World Health Organization released a study in which the agency listed cell phones a...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

RIP, Gil Scott-Heron

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Last week the world lost a visionary and a revolutionary when urban beat poet Gil Scott-Heron died at the age of 62. Scott-Heron is known...

When the right hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

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Scott Henson over at Grits for Breakfast  points out that the Teabaggers aren't necessarily playing along with the "big government...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Contaminated with bias

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After you consume alcohol, your body begins the process of absorption and then elimination. The alcohol is absorbed by the blood through the...
Monday, May 30, 2011

All the king's horses...

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vic·tim    noun   \ ˈ vik-təm\ 1  :  a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite 2  :  one that is acted...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Another dirty job

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This past Thursday I had to appear in Montgomery County to enter my grandmother's will into probate. Since I also had to appear for a co...

Beer lovers hosed again

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If you're a fan of bland beer with little taste but a lot of marketing oomph, you should be happy that HB602 failed to be offered up for...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

A little of this and a bit of that

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Here are a few odds and ends you might find interesting: Bradley out as chairman of forensic commission Williamson County District Attor...

When the rules don't apply to the rulers

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Dennis Levine. Ivan Boesky. Raj Rajaratnam. All charged with and convicted of insider trading. But what about our elected representati...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Court limits comparison of burdens of proof

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In order to obtain a conviction, the state must prove a person committed each and every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable do...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

So long, cowboy nuns

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This is a real bummer. The Monastery of St. Claire , located just outside of Brenham, Texas, is closing its gates for good this weekend . Wh...

Failure to yield the right of way

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Look really hard. Read every word. I guarantee you won't find the words "finality" or "closure" in the Bill of Right...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Stuffed to the gills

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Forget about all that 6th Amendment nonsense about the right to counsel, Harris County has decided that's not nearly so important as cra...

An unhealthy addiction to drug courts

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Norman Reimer, the executive director of NACDL, says our newfound addiction to drug courts is harmful to the rights of our clients. In the...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

The gang's still here

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Better luck next time, Mr. Camping.
Friday, May 20, 2011

It's the end of the world?

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For those of y'all not attuned to the rantings of the millennialists, you might just want to call it an early day and hang out in the ba...