tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2074044036027281305..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: $12K bail for stealing $1?; Twin Peaks prosecutions petered out; Harris justice system still digging out after Harvey, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42632017790803156952019-04-16T15:06:11.100-05:002019-04-16T15:06:11.100-05:00Re: Unknown at 8:47 on 4/13:
"According to T...Re: Unknown at 8:47 on 4/13:<br /><br />"According to Texas Department of Public Safety records, Guidry’s criminal history goes back 25 years with convictions on charges including drug possession, public intoxication, theft and robbery in places such as Conroe, Houston, Austin and, last year, in Georgetown."<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897541740818276304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14059064728820933032019-04-14T17:22:41.658-05:002019-04-14T17:22:41.658-05:00Sounds a lot like our HOA and HOA management compa...Sounds a lot like our HOA and HOA management company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19078172644535745952019-04-14T06:17:24.745-05:002019-04-14T06:17:24.745-05:00Panhandler gets $12K bail for stealing $1 at a foo...Panhandler gets $12K bail for stealing $1 at a food truck An aggressive panhandler snatched a dollar bill - maybe two, it's a disputed account - from a food-truck customer in Austin last week and the courts gave her a $12,000 bail amount. <br /><br />I hope someone gets a petition going for this lady. SOFAQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314771579895547336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4314564136986702622019-04-14T05:31:53.985-05:002019-04-14T05:31:53.985-05:00A wise public servant once commented that an agenc...A wise public servant once commented that an agency that polices itself is not accountable. Experience with TDCJ shows me that the Inspector General and Ombudsman offices are viewed as primary evidence concealing departments, not oversight to eliminate corruption. Only an outside agency not part of the community can have sufficient independence to do the oversight job.Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23752100030011721312019-04-13T21:36:23.092-05:002019-04-13T21:36:23.092-05:00re: Texas still leader in exonerations/false convi...re: Texas still leader in exonerations/false convictions<br /><br />"...plea deals based on flawed drug field tests...probably other jurisdictions where they haven't been uncovered because no one ever looked."<br /><br />If only Texas had a forensic science commission who investigated the negligence or misconduct of the science of flawed drug field testing. /s<br /><br />Of course, if the FSC can't do a proper investigation with the flawed drug testing (as required from House Bill-34), we sure can't expect them to get an Annual Report out on time either.<br /><br />Yes, Lynn Garcia, it's Mid-April and you still have yet to present the 2018 FSC Annual Report to the public (as required in the CCP 38.01). There are numerous Defense Attorneys and defendant waiting.<br /><br />Maybe Ms. Garcia should be updating her resume.<br />The Guy that does his job. You must be ther other guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70767618710872050692019-04-13T21:36:02.603-05:002019-04-13T21:36:02.603-05:00Speaking of external oversight, it's up to Tex...Speaking of external oversight, it's up to Texans to choose what to do, but I'll pass along that WA just installed an independent prison ombudsman who has already made some systemic improvements. <br /><br />It would take an Inspector General to provide accountability but an ombudsman can get problems solved with minimum red tape and cost. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628478698219061504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89062318357252843942019-04-13T20:47:16.760-05:002019-04-13T20:47:16.760-05:00I spent a year in rehab after surgery and have per...I spent a year in rehab after surgery and have permanent damage after a meeting with an "aggressive panhandler".<br /><br />Unless there's information to the contrary I'm open to the possibility that the judge ordered detention as a public safety issue.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628478698219061504noreply@blogger.com