Tuesday, November 20, 2018

A word from the readership

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Every once in a while I get a comment from a reader that really makes me sit back and scratch my head. This week I got a comment from a read...
Friday, November 16, 2018

Walking that fine line

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On the day after Christmas in 2009, Albert James Turner went to the home of his in-laws in Fort Bend County and killed his wife and mother-i...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Execution Watch: 11/14/2018

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On Wednesday night, the State of Texas will murder again... ROBERT RAMOS . The Mexican national, who suffers from mental illness, is to be...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Fine! I'm going to take my ball and go home!

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Two juvenile judges in Harris County accounted for one out of every five commitments in the state.   Glenn Devlin and John Phillips, both of...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The aftermath

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The blue wave hit Harris County (and even our suburban neighbors to the southwest) yesterday. The Democrats swept every county-wide seat, ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Louisiana looks to shed vestige of Jim Crow

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In 48 states it takes a unanimous vote from a jury to convict a person accused of committing a criminal act. And, if you think about it, tha...
Monday, November 5, 2018

To what depths will they plunge?

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There were a number of things I was thinking of writing about today, but when I saw this flyer in my mailbox there was no way I couldn't...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

A short postscript...

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After posting yesterday's entry I went out to the mailbox and found yet another stack of mailers from the Republican party for the judic...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Enough of the hand-wringing

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Oh it's that time of the year. The time for those who see a sweep of local elections to do their hand-wringing about the number of good ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Is this what it means to inhale?

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The mailers from the Republican Party are coming hot and heavy as we approach Election Day. The latest broadside warns of chaos in the court...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Marsy's Law will undermine due process

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At some point I keep hoping folks will realize that the purpose of the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments is to protect individuals accused of brea...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Some Friday fun

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Just because: Here's the abridged version: This is what makes college football so great -- bands that don't take themselve...
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Blowing smoke at the courthouse

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Oh, campaign season is all around us. The other day I got a mailer from the Republican Party of Texas promoting Republican judges. I suppose...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Blaming the victim, Texas style

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This is a video that Texas now requires all high school students to view. Its purpose is to "teach" students how to interact wit...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The intersection of the movement and representation

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When we took that oath and received our ticket to play we obligated ourselves to do everything within our power to represent our clients...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Washington Supreme Court strikes down the death penalty

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Allen Eugene Gregory was not a very good person. In 1996 he robbed, raped and murdered a woman. Two years later he was investigated for anot...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Sid Miller steps right in it (and doesn't even know it)

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Sid Miller is the Texas Agriculture Commissioner. The job appears to be primarily about promoting Texas agricultural products as well as s...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Of mice and men and executions and intellectual disabilities

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Last week the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Juan Segundo pending a determination of whether or not his intellectu...
Friday, October 5, 2018

Hoop dreams

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Christian Dawkins, James Gatto and Merl Code are on trial in federal court in New York for wire fraud and conspiracy. But the real question ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Killing, just because

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How much fun can it possibly be to exact revenge when the target of your wrath hasn't the slightest clue why? In 1985 Vernon Madison w...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Whips, chains and Racehorse Haynes

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Hey, I've pitched this podcast before - and if you're not listening to it yet, you need to. The current episode of Criminal  is ab...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Execution Watch: 9/27/18

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Tomorrow night the State of Texas will kill for the second time in two days... DANIEL ACKER . Condemned following his conviction in the sla...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Execution Watch 9/26/18

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Tomorrow night the State of Texas will kill again... TROY CLARK . Sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1998 bathtub drowning of...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Hardly Solomonic

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In 2002, Jeffrey Havard was charged with the killing of a 6-month-old baby. The state alleged it was a clear case of shaken baby syndrome. M...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Let's have some smoke with that whitewash

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Oh, and you just thought the drama surrounding the killing of Botha Shem Jean by an off-duty Dallas police officer was over. How wrong you w...