tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4809875169725993676..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Recusals of civil-commitment judge call process into questionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28106505799204994812015-01-05T21:36:14.388-06:002015-01-05T21:36:14.388-06:00I'm sorry, but the Chron is guilty of lazy jou...I'm sorry, but the Chron is guilty of lazy journalism here. One story leads with the shocking:<br /><br />"Six minutes. That's how late Gary Edward Vines was returning to the east Houston halfway house where he was sent for supervision as a violent sex offender following his release from prison."<br /><br />Was that this guy's only rule violation? Maybe it was, but the story never, ever says explicitly "that was Vine's only rule violation that sent him back to prison." Without that explanation it's kind of like dramatically saying: <br /><br />"Six dollars! That was how much the unpaid probation crimestopper's fee was in allegation 57 that got John Smith's probation revoked and sent him to prison!"<br /><br />...without mentioning that the hypothetical guy had 56 other allegations and also didn't pay his $5000 fine and absconded. There's really no explanation of what exactly this guy did that violated his terms, or even what his offense was. There's no mention of any named offender's offenses in any of these articles, none. Public TxDPS sex offender registry records says that he offended against a 15 year old girl, got out on parole, and then offended against either three 9 year old on parole or one 9 year old three times. Can we hear a little bit about what this guy did and why this guy is supposed to be so dangerous? More facts and less "six minutes" drama, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58574236406123486382015-01-01T07:47:11.161-06:002015-01-01T07:47:11.161-06:00Senator Whitmire is going after him. http://www.ho...Senator Whitmire is going after him. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/State-senator-calls-for-inquiry-into-judge-in-sex-5988370.php#/0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43775732067607635882014-12-30T23:38:59.617-06:002014-12-30T23:38:59.617-06:00very nice link 12:10.
this just seems to say it a...very nice link 12:10.<br /><br />this just seems to say it all<br /><br />"Gary Edward Vines, 60, was sentenced to life in October for civil commitment rule violations that included being six minutes late<br /><br />Six minutes. That's how late Gary Edward Vines was returning to the east Houston halfway house where he was sent for supervision as a violent sex offender following his release from prison."<br /><br />so now he's BACK in prison for like for being 6 min's late?<br /><br />sounds to me like a setup. Therefor legally and morally he now has the legal right to leave the great state of Texas's so-called system any way he can no matter who he has to hurt to kill to do it.rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30102277236170986802014-12-29T12:10:05.835-06:002014-12-29T12:10:05.835-06:00More in-depth report from Houston Chronicle: http:...More in-depth report from Houston Chronicle: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Critics-say-Texas-sex-crime-rehab-program-aims-5982660.php#/0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44268125948072889782014-12-28T00:57:06.492-06:002014-12-28T00:57:06.492-06:00The Geo Group and the entire Montgomery County pol...The Geo Group and the entire Montgomery County political establishment should be civilly committed for being frauds. Why is the court located in Montgomery County and not Walker County where all the prisons and prisoners are located? Maybe the Geo Group and private prison industrial complex knows they would be run out of Huntsville for being frauds. <br /><br />Avalon is another group to watch. They have set up a non-profit to run halfway houses, while their company provides so called treatment. <br /><br />There is lots of fraud in the state's civil commitment system and sex offender halfway houses. Texas needs more ethics disclosures to uncover the relationships between private prisons and some of the key agency administrators. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33441383192356693362014-12-27T16:50:55.036-06:002014-12-27T16:50:55.036-06:00Obviously this "Judge" is incompetent to...Obviously this "Judge" is incompetent to be a judge. Every case is different and should be approached accordingly. Many sex offender cases are not true "Sex offender" cases and the DA's can define sex offender in his terms and apply as many counts as he can think of. As in divorce cases, there has been many spouses that have made claims that are not true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5129109553436211962014-12-27T12:29:27.329-06:002014-12-27T12:29:27.329-06:00Two other retired judges granted Bill Savoie's...Two other retired judges granted Bill Savoie's and my motions to recuse Judge Seiler. Hon. Sharonlynn Wood on Sept 3, and Hon. Jeff Walker in October 30.<br /><br />Currently there are 347 men living under a civil commitment order. At least 9 men have died while being confined in private facilities. Approximately 170 men are supposedly in treatment in halfway houses or held in State hospitals. The other 177 are back in prison or jail for "violation of civil commitment rules." <br /><br />Crimes that are classified as "sexually violent" under the statute are burglary and aggravated kidnapping with the intent to commit a sexually violent act.<br /><br />There are plenty of opportunities to represent these men and present constitutional challenges to the statute; At the civil commitment trial, appeal, biennial review, petition for review, criminal violation, parole revocations, and in their pending federal civil rights law suit.Nancy Buninnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87244444547664830842014-12-27T10:58:57.366-06:002014-12-27T10:58:57.366-06:00Give the ole boy a bottle of Pearl beer,a court ho...Give the ole boy a bottle of Pearl beer,a court house west of the Pecos and the hangin tree. Judge Roy Bean all over again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40534293715643576702014-12-27T10:42:51.502-06:002014-12-27T10:42:51.502-06:00A federal judge said they now must hold hearings b...A federal judge said they now must hold hearings before assigning it, at one point threatening to hold parole board members <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/05/federal-judge-parole-board-members-may.html" rel="nofollow">personally liable</a> if they didn't comply. I haven't looked into it for a while.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37090488412851564982014-12-27T08:18:52.625-06:002014-12-27T08:18:52.625-06:00Yes, that was it. Whatever occurred with all of th...Yes, that was it. Whatever occurred with all of that, still happening?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52204827880138593952014-12-27T08:10:06.947-06:002014-12-27T08:10:06.947-06:00@7:19, I think you're remembering not the civi...@7:19, I think you're remembering not the civil commitment process but "Condition X" which was placed by the parole board on non-sex offenders without due process, <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/09/federal-judge-bench-slaps-parole-board.html" rel="nofollow">according to a federal court</a>. Is that what you were remembering?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2667204627285873882014-12-27T07:19:25.214-06:002014-12-27T07:19:25.214-06:00GFB, do you remember a story you posted a couple o...GFB, do you remember a story you posted a couple of years ago about a man who had plead guilty to something like theft but somehow the prosecutor had twisted the charge and they were trying to have him committed under the civil commitment on a fraudulent, trumped-up sex charge? As I recall, the man was up for parole and authorities were using this court to keep him imprisoned. I searched through your past blogs but didn't find it, do you remember the details? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-92092044893863693992014-12-27T06:06:32.267-06:002014-12-27T06:06:32.267-06:00One thing the news article does not mention is tha...One thing the news article does not mention is that 10 recusal motions in these civil commitment cases have been denied as well recently. The path to follow is not nearly as clear as it's made out to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30168769724875677632014-12-26T21:20:44.494-06:002014-12-26T21:20:44.494-06:00as for the judge involved here. seems he's a t...as for the judge involved here. seems he's a two-faced bigoted asshole. No telling how many he has illegally locked up for life using nothing but his hate filled bigotry to guide him while he's been doing this. Wonder if they will even bother to go back and check all the other cases.rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31319907449311657582014-12-26T21:18:35.811-06:002014-12-26T21:18:35.811-06:00whole "civil sex offender commitment" sy...whole "civil sex offender commitment" system is illegal and unconstitutional on it's face. If they legally were eligible for civil commitment they would have used the same system the rest of the country has used for 150 years. Not created a separate one with sections removed.rodsmithnoreply@blogger.com