tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3804229126126245907..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Defiant John Bradley rebuffed on secrecy pleasGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36301143072911067142009-12-04T06:37:15.405-06:002009-12-04T06:37:15.405-06:00Thanks Raphy, good catch. Yeah, it's the exact...Thanks Raphy, good catch. Yeah, it's the exact same committee, same issues, etc.; they all run together after a while. That's what bloggers get for not having editors!Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91966358676153183262009-11-17T15:17:30.213-06:002009-11-17T15:17:30.213-06:00"... state Rep. Tommy Merritt, the chairman o..."... state Rep. Tommy Merritt, the chairman of the House Law Enforcement Committee who sat in on the hearing."<br /><br />Rep. Merritt is the chairman of the House Committee on Public Safety. The name was changed from Law Enforcement this last legislative session back to Public Safety. I'm sure you know that and it's just an oversight.<br /><br />Peace.Raphael Hythlodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164099256744269373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26556753615188086732009-11-12T11:33:50.886-06:002009-11-12T11:33:50.886-06:0011:09, you appear to be under several serious misc...11:09, you appear to be under several serious misconceptions. First, I never said, anwywhere, that the purpose of the FSC is to investigate wrongful convictions, so I feel no need to defend a position I've never taken just because you would like to attribute it to me. Try reacting to what's said instead of just making things up and pretending to argue against straw men.<br /><br />Re: "Are you suggesting that each time there's a new tecnological advancement that legions of closed cases need to be reinvestigated?"<br /><br />Yes, if the new tech advancement means that forensics which the courts previously relied on to secure convictions are flawed and caused innocent people to be sent to prison (or to death row), the old cases need to be reevaluated. You'd think so too if you were convicted based on false evidence. <br /><br />Most of the suggestions I make for the justice system on this blog would make it cheaper, not more expensive. It's the folks who want to lock everybody up ad infinitum for petty offenses who really run up the costs. <br /><br />Finally, it's simply false that it's not possible to secure convictions using legitimate evidence. Just because YOU believe police are that incompetent doesn't mean it's actually the case.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77129214197032959012009-11-12T11:09:45.386-06:002009-11-12T11:09:45.386-06:00Grits, have you even bothered to look at the statu...Grits, have you even bothered to look at the statute that created the FSC? While you are correct that it wasn't established to investigate criminal conduct by specific persons, it was likewise not created to investigate possible "wrongful convictions.". Whitmire himself explained that the principal motivation for the legislation was the HPD crime lab debacle. The fact that it evolved into the investigation of practices used by local fire officials used in a 1991 capital case speaks volumes about how the commission was "hijacked" by your friends Rodney Ellis, Barry Scheck and the Innocence Project. <br />So are you and Sen. Ellis now suggesting that we need to go back and reinvestigate all the old arson cases from the 70's, 80's and 90's just because investigative technology has improved? What about all the sexual assaults, child molestation cases or murders from those eras? Are you suggesting that each time there's a new tecnological advancement that legions of closed cases need to be reinvestigated? Do you even care what the cost might be? While you profess to just be concerned about making sure the innocent aren't wrongly convicted, the practical impact of the reforms advocated by you and the Innocence Project would be a circumstance where it would be impossible to convict the guilty. <br />I wonder how many police officers could be put on the street for the money you'd like to spend reinvestigating closed cases? <br /><br />Bottom line: your anti-establishment advocacy is just one small step from anarchy. Stated differently, I think you'd be quite happy to shift money from police budgets over to liberal, do-good groups like that "New York non-profit," even if it meant taking officers off the street. <br /><br />The FSC is a joke and the statute ia so vague that no one really has a clue what its supposed to be doing or how its supposed to do it. Kudos to the Governor and John Bradley for slowing this albatross down!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26058513795803262682009-11-12T10:59:49.662-06:002009-11-12T10:59:49.662-06:00So Bradley running statewide? What's he aiming...So Bradley running statewide? What's he aiming for, anyone know? <br /><br />Either way, I hope a strong challenger will FINALLY step up to run in 2012 against Bradley in Wilco. Let's use those skeletons to beat him here before risking him taking a statewide office.<br /><br />Did a little reading up on his appointment and found an Oct. Burka blog entry which also happens to give Grits kudos! :)<br /><br />http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/burkablog/?p=4890Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654599360807767386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59308798011265252982009-11-12T07:29:38.436-06:002009-11-12T07:29:38.436-06:00Bradley's job is simply to run out the clock u...Bradley's job is simply to run out the clock until past the Primary for Perry and it doesn't appear there's anything that will stop him from doing that...Atticusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36859067066123884932009-11-11T21:33:56.592-06:002009-11-11T21:33:56.592-06:00Perry continues to use "Over the top people&q...Perry continues to use "Over the top people" to draw the focus away from himself and his blatant wrong doing. Jay Kimbrough was the class clown for TYC and Bradley is the new political operative in this matter. Standard Perry operation step by step. Debra Medina looks better every day as a Perry replacement come next election! We need someone as Texas Governor who might actually be concerned about our state instead of what they can get for themselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71207731227108383152009-11-11T20:59:41.146-06:002009-11-11T20:59:41.146-06:00Hey, Anon 8:10.
Was John in office, or working as...Hey, Anon 8:10.<br /><br />Was John in office, or working as a First Assistant Wilco District Attorney, when the politically connected rancher shot the LCRA biologist? <br /><br />Is this one of those skeletons: The failure of the DA's office to get an indictment of the rancher?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60357183062676213472009-11-11T20:10:41.142-06:002009-11-11T20:10:41.142-06:00JB is a clown. A few of my fellow prosecutors thin...JB is a clown. A few of my fellow prosecutors think he's the cat's pajamas, but most of us know he's a blowhard and an asshat. This is his way of trying to make a name for himself before he runs statewide, when a lot of very interesting skeletons will leap from his closet onto the stage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16466618569020053292009-11-11T19:50:42.450-06:002009-11-11T19:50:42.450-06:00Did you notice Bradley's goofy body language t...Did you notice Bradley's goofy body language towards the end. He was sitting back in his chair looking like George W trying to project confidence, but his foot was bouncing up and down like a kid sitting in front of the principle trying to explain why his homework is going to be late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16508297101375407762009-11-11T14:46:21.281-06:002009-11-11T14:46:21.281-06:00I am relishing in the "egg-on-face"-ness...I am relishing in the "egg-on-face"-ness of John Bradley, whose ego is immeasurable. This guy needs to come down to reality and face the facts--he ain't nobody special. He is just being used by Perry to cover his ass. Everybody knows this no matter how much JB and Perry deny it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80819152530169524212009-11-11T13:57:17.042-06:002009-11-11T13:57:17.042-06:00Near the closing of the hearing when Bradley was a...Near the closing of the hearing when Bradley was asked a timetable on the Willingham report/results, he used the term "With all deliberate speed..."<br /><br />Where have we heard this before...? <br /><br />A pretty telling choice of words from Mr. Bradley.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450052694174726362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54292959815076913732009-11-11T13:44:40.006-06:002009-11-11T13:44:40.006-06:00I have to assume that Governor Perry believes that...I have to assume that Governor Perry believes that Texans are only interested in making sure innocent people don't go to jail when those innocent people are married to people he appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.<br /><br />We must protect Friends of Rick. Everyone else can suck it (I'm pretty sure that's the official slogan of the Perry Administration).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com