Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Execution Watch: 5/7/2013

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The Texas killing machine is back up and running... TONIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE: CARROLL JOE PARR.   Mr. Parr grew up in poverty so ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Rethinking the docket

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The other day Scott Greenfield wondered aloud why defendants in criminal cases are required to appear in court on arbitrarily set court date...
Friday, May 3, 2013

A lawyer goes to a ballgame...

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Okay, I'm up in Arlington for a seminar. I spent the evening at the Ballpark (more or less) watching the Rangers lose to the White Sox. ...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bill would impose moratorium on driver surcharges in Texas

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Anyone who has dealt with the world of low-level traffic offenses knows the consequences of the Texas Driver Responsibility Program. The DRP...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Book review: Color Blind - The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball's Color Line

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Over the weekend we took the kids to see 42 . Now I understand that some of the scenes were apocryphal and others were mixed in from later s...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Happy Birthday, Willie

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Yesterday was the red-headed troubadour's 80th birthday. To celebrate here is an interview with Willie that aired on Democracy Now! as w...

There's a reason you have two ears and only one mouth

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When people ask my nine-year-old daughter what she wants to do when she grows up, she tells them she wants to be a lawyer like her dad (I...
Monday, April 29, 2013

High court says no to warrantless blood draws - or does it?

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Tyler McNeely was heading home from a local watering hole one evening when a police officer stopped him for speeding and crossing the center...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Now for something completely different...

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What you are about to see (H/T NPR) is three years of the sun's life compressed into three minutes. NASA took two pictures a day of the ...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

Update: Another senseless death

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"Life is death, death is life. I hope that someday this absurdity that humanity has come to will come to an end," [Richard] Cobb...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Adventures in spelling

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Here is a sign from a bail bond place in downtown Houston. I spotted it while walking around with my oldest daughter looking for a place to ...
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An apology

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For the last couple of years I have been providing updates on scheduled executions in Texas. The information is provided by Execution Watch....
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Execution Watch: 4/25/2013

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The killing machine just keeps on killing... ON THURSDAY NIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE: RICHARD COBB.   One of two men condemned for a ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

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Folk singer Richie Havens, who opened Woodstock, died yesterday at the age of 72 . His songs were an important part of the tapestry of the 6...

Execution Watch: 4/24/2013

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Texas is rapidly approaching its 500th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976... ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXE...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Dropping the other shoe

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Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Once evidence surfaced that Mr. Morton might just have been innoce...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Were you the same person 32 years ago?

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Last weekend lawprof Doug Berman posted an article about how the state of Florida got around to murdering an inmate 32 years after he was se...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Book review - The Lawyer Bubble: A profession in crisis

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Too many lawyers. Too few jobs. Too much debt. Too much greed. That, according to Steven J. Harper, just about sums up the problems in the...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

A few thoughts on the bombing in Boston

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Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. --   President Obama (4/16/2013) There were a few things th...
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Update: The killing never stops

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Yes, it's a broken record. But once again the State of Texas has seen fit to murder an inmate in a futile attempt to go back in time. ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Dreams turn into nightmares

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As I write this I'm still in something of a state of shock about what happened in Boston yesterday. I was sitting at my desk when the Ne...
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Execution Watch: 4/16/2013

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Texas is rapidly approaching its 500th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976... ON TUESDAY NIGHT, TEXAS PLANS TO EXECU...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

We certainly can't let a bit of repression get in the way of a race

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Stop me if we've been down this road before but the repressive government in Bahrain has launched raids to detain opposition activists p...
Friday, April 12, 2013

State Senate passes Michael Morton Act (corrected version)

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Yesterday the Texas Senate unanimously passed the Michael Morton Act which will expand the scope of discovery for defendants in criminal ca...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Who's really to blame for network fiasco?

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So now Houston mayor Annise Parker has decided to get herself in the middle of the fray between the Astros and Rockets' regional sports ...