Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Execution Watch: 1/30/2019

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Tonight the Texas killing machine is back in action... ROBERT JENNINGS. Sentenced to death for the 1988 shooting of a Houston Police vice ...
Monday, January 21, 2019

The state of MLK Day 2019

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On this MLK Day, perhaps it's time we took a step back and re-examine some issues. First, to all the Republicans and other conservatives...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Update: Court stays Milam execution

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On Monday, the Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Blaine Milam. The Court granted the stay due to questions on about the reli...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Execution Watch 1/15/2019

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On Tuesday night, the State of Texas will take another life... BLAINE MILAM. Was he in drug-induced psychosis when a child died during a s...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Throwing in the towel (finally)

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Now it's over. Yesterday the lawsuit filed by the former Republican misdemeanor judges was dismissed on a motion filed by the 15 inc...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Junk science and guns

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Are the ejector marks from a handgun unique? How many handguns would you have to fire in order to make that conclusion? The Bureau of Alc...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Think long and hard about that second drink

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Beginning yesterday, the State of Utah has enacted the strictest drunk driving laws in the country . From this day forward, anyone who cause...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas

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As you listen to this, just remember that the best way to avoid a drunk driving conviction is not to drive if you' ve been drinking. So,...
Monday, December 24, 2018

Something to think about

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I know I've mentioned the Small Town Murder podcast on here once or twice over the last year. Did I mention that thanks to a friend of m...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

What I'm listening to

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Keri Blakinger is a reporter with the Houston Chronicle. She is one of the best writers at the paper and has done some very good work with d...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Court allows execution to proceed after receiving evidence of prosecutorial misconduct

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Last Tuesday night the State of Texas murdered Alvin Braziel - despite the fact prosecutors admitted, hours before the scheduled execution t...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Execution Watch: 12/11/2018

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On Tuesday night, the State of Texas will kill again... ALVIN BRAZIEL, JR., 43. Mr. Braziel's attorneys said he received sub-par legal...
Saturday, December 8, 2018

Wanting that second bite at the apple

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The rigged death penalty jury

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One of the most important questions you can ask a prospective juror is whether or not they can consider the entire range of punishment in a ...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Execution Watch: 12/4/2018

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On Tuesday night, the death machine rolls on... JOSEPH GARCIA . Condemned following his conviction in the December 2000 shooting death of a...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The assault on due process

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There is an awful lot not to like about Education Secretary Betty DeVos. She wants to get rid of public education. She caters to the for-pro...
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 ...