Thursday, September 8, 2011

A salute to fallen warriors

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The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association will honor its fallen warriors this morning at 11:00 a.m. in the Trial Ready Room on the 7th ...

On statistics and the death penalty

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Doug Berman over at Sentencing Law and Policy  presents us a new statistic to measure the efficiency of state death machines - "Execu...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Praise God and pass the ammunition

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The right wing propaganda machine has been puffing overtime as we approach the 10th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 telling us that Islam...
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A view of the wildfires from outer space

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This is a view of the wildfires burning in Texas from the space station. If you read Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, you...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Texas Fight!

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I will be road-tripping up to Austin today with my oldest daughter for the UT season opener against Rice. This will be my daughter's ...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Into the belly of the beast

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The other day I had the opportunity to go on a tour of the DPS Houston Crime Lab up on the northwest side of town. I would like to thank Mr....
Thursday, September 1, 2011

On budgets, hurricanes and God

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Nothing like taking a hurricane and trying to turn it to your advantage. Of course Michele Bachmann wasn't content to just use the storm...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Man v. nature: Galveston edition

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Forget hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters that have stricken the island over the years. Ants have invaded the second floor of t...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Twisting and contorting by the pool

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Just when you thought the courts had injected some sanity into the DWI "crisis," an appellate court finds a way make it go away. T...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Interlock bill would make a mockery of the 10th Amendment

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According to my latest issue of Interlock Focus , published by Consumer Safety Technology, Inc. (the folks who make the Intoxa-Lock), los fe...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

It's all about that filthy lucre

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If you ever had any questions about how much of a moneymaker DWI is, this article should put them to bed. A lawsuit has been filed in feder...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Add earthquakes to the terrorism watch list

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The response to the earthquake near Richmond, Virginia was swift and severe. The search is underway for those who are behind these evil act...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

In case of emergency...

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Following the untimely death of Marguerite Hudig a couple of weeks ago, my colleagues and fellow HCCLA members, Mark Bennett and Murray Newm...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A little in-trial humor

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Text message exchange between my wife and I on Monday afternoon after we busted a panel in a DWI trial down in Galveston. Me: "Headin...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Book Review: Popular Crime

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Those of y'all who have more than a passing interest in baseball know who Bill James is. Mr. James practically created the algebra we u...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

A more efficient way to ration water use

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To combat the lack of rainfall in Houston, Mayor Annise Parker has decided that it's the right time to ration water use. As of last week...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

This old courthouse - Jackson County edition

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This was the Jackson County Courthouse that was built in the Beaux-Arts style back in 1906. This elegant building burned down in the early ...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Virginia uses epilepsy drug to kill inmate

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Lundbeck , a Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer, makes an epilepsy drug that has become the go-to drug for states looking to kill inmates. P...

I want it now!

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Fresh on the heels of the redefining of addiction comes this study of how cocaine addicts value money and drugs . Researchers conducted an...

Another day...

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... another fucked up mess outside the Harris County Criminal (In)justice Center.  This was the scene yesterday at 9:03 am  outside the cr...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Excuses, excuses

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When an officer has a hunch someone might be just a bit tipsy behind the wheel and he can't find a legal basis for the stop he tends to ...

More on cages and due process

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In response to my post Defendants, cages and due process , I received the following e-mail from Sabrina Carliss: Paul, you had an Aug 9th a...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Flipping-flopping the night away

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Houston Mayor Annise Parker flipping and flopping about what to do with the red light cameras.   First she cut them off. Then, faced with...

Smoke stop in Wharton

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In my comings and goings along the lower Texas coast I realized there was at least one prominent barbecue joint I had missed up until now. I...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A new way to look at addiction

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One of the first tenets of the criminal (in)justice system we are taught in law school is that for there to be a crime there must be both an...