tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3739155773764930078..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Criminal-justice committee action this week with time running downGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30098150433152278852013-04-17T09:33:17.540-05:002013-04-17T09:33:17.540-05:00I'm not seeing HB 968, about zero-tolerance fo...I'm not seeing HB 968, about zero-tolerance for staff who retaliate when an inmate files a grievance. Have you heard anything about it?<br />prisongrievances.comTerri LeClercqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633816577248848244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81262248585348970752013-04-15T20:41:59.599-05:002013-04-15T20:41:59.599-05:00PS The elctromagnetic pulse bill reasds"witho...PS The elctromagnetic pulse bill reasds"without causing perminate damage to the vehicle. It is not perminate I guess if you can replace the fried devices. <br /><br />Ham2mtrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61755679285204477772013-04-15T20:38:15.610-05:002013-04-15T20:38:15.610-05:00These devices like Tasers do have there place. Tha...These devices like Tasers do have there place. That said, I can see an officer wiping out the electronics in a suspects car for speeding or even minor infractions. And the pusle like Radar has a spread to it so bystanding electronics also get fried. After all the Tasers were never used against anyone the officer could easily control otherwise. <br /><br />Just saying. <br /><br />Ham2mtr<br /><br />PS what about a brown sound generator, nothing like making a suspect S..t in his pants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72491872760171031142013-04-15T13:16:00.951-05:002013-04-15T13:16:00.951-05:00I believe a bill allowing most convictions, except...I believe a bill allowing most convictions, except for violent offenses, to be expunged after five years. You should have seen the bellyaching over on the TDCAA board about it. They were whining about not being able to use stuff for enhancement, etc. Other states allow convictions to be expunged. If it works for them, it would work in Texas also. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17673323936668506332013-04-15T10:49:29.949-05:002013-04-15T10:49:29.949-05:00I'm using this slim opening about felony recor...I'm using this slim opening about felony records to try to begin talk about fairness. A person commits some felony offense, is tried and given a punishment. Using a blanket denial of work to any "felon" just adds to the punishment- for life- and that hardly seems fair. People use the word "felony" for everything, but the offense behind it varies widely. No distinction is made for hot checks felons and murder felons. That's stupid. There should be some period of time when a "felon" who has not re-offended can shed that onerous label, be able to get work again, lease again, etc. Not for all jobs, clearly, and not for especially violent crimes. We're creating this huge underbelly of society of people who cannot get a second chance and become a drag on us all. Why?Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.com