Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Shining a light on judicial abuse

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There's just something about putting on that black polyester robe that brings out the worst in some people. Broward County (FL) Judge Me...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Execution Watch 4/25/2018

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On Wednesday night the State of Texas will once again exercise its most coercive power... ERICK DAVILA. Mr. Davila was ordered put to deat...
Friday, April 20, 2018

Drugged driving in Tornado Alley

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I saw a tweet on Twitter yesterday about a six-state initiative to cut down on drugged driving. This weekend in Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Miss...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Judge sounds off on putting the brakes on the death penalty

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Mike Fields, the presiding judge of Harris County's Criminal Court at Law No. 14, is a very complex character. I've had disagreeme...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

There once was a lab analyst...

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Oh the fun and games over at the Harris County Institute for Forensic Sciences never seem to stop. Last week a lab analyst was fired for not...
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Friday, April 13, 2018

Throwing away outs

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This has been a busy week and I felt like talking about something other than the law today, so here we go. Last Saturday night I took my g...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Making it easier to kill

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Ever eager to kill more inmates, the State of Texas has informed Attorney General Jeff Sessions that it still wishes to "opt-in" t...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Two cities. Two men. Two very different outcomes.

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Cops aren't racists. Every situation is different. If you just follow orders, you won't get shot. White folks get shot, too. We...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

A misconception of justice

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One of the most common misconceptions of our criminal (in)justice system is that it's designed to mete out justice to both the citizen a...
Monday, April 2, 2018

Play ball!

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In 1994, Antwinica Bridgeman disappeared after attending a party for her 20th birthday. Her body was found two weeks later by Nevest Coleme...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Two cities. Two men. Two killings.

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Stephon Clark and Danny Ray Thomas didn't know each other. They lived hundreds of miles apart. Mr. Clark lived in Sacramento and Mr. Tho...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

What accountability?

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On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was murdered on the sidewalk in front of a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana . Everyone knew the n...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Alabama calls off execution

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Doyle Lee Hamm, who survived Alabama's attempt to execute him last month, will not face another date with the executioner . After last...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Execution Watch: 03/27/2018

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Tomorrow night the State of Texas will murder... ROSENDO RODRIGUEZ, III. Mr. Rodriguez was condemned for the 2005 slaying of a pregnant wom...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Oklahoma to change its method of execution

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In the never-ending saga of state's trying to find ways to kill inmates, the state of Oklahoma has announced that it will being using in...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Captains (not so) courageous

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Let me just say it now, politicians, by and large, are not the most courageous folks out there. In fact they are pretty downright cowardly...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Let them eat cake

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There's a very strange law in Alabama that allows a sheriff to pocket the money not spent from the inmate food account. In other words, ...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Did Georgia just murder an innocent man?

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On Thursday night t he State of Georgia likely executed a man who was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Carlton Gary died...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

An interesting little read for a Saturday morning

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Here's a little something interesting to read related to the use of forensic science to determine just how a woman died. If more so-call...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Consequences, what consequences?

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Alfred Brown spent a decade of his life on death row in Texas before he was exonerated by phone records found in a detective's garage i...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

On schemes, whistles and influence-peddling

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Poor Jeffrey Wertkin. He had it tough. He left his job as an attorney with the Justice Department and took a gig with Akin Gump for a cool...
Monday, March 12, 2018

You're my home

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Steven Long was a janitor at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, home of the Seattle Seahawks. As befits many jobs in our society, this one didn...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Shocking, simply shocking

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Judge George Gallagher in Fort Worth, Texas must have an affinity for the Middle Ages. Either that or the Spanish Inquisition. You see, Ju...
Monday, March 5, 2018

Open mouth. Insert foot.

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Jimmy Blacklock was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat of Don Willett who was appointed by President Trump ...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

Dancing with the stars

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Once upon a time there was a strip club on the North Freeway called Fantasy Plaza. Now, believe it or not, drugs were sold at the club and m...