tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post819418333694333417..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: 5th Circuit benchslapped! All about the money, Tx bodycam law a boon to bad cops, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76192328466450465052018-03-30T01:11:14.900-05:002018-03-30T01:11:14.900-05:00Anon 8:50, most misdemeanor courts are willing to ...Anon 8:50, most misdemeanor courts are willing to release certain people from probation early, the DA's office has long supported it as well. You just have to have the right friends in cases that can't go away outright and you will find even the easiest of terms won't matter. For the run of the mill citizen, it is not nearly as common though some judges are more reasonable than others. But the goal should never be to get more people to accept a plea bargain, make the state prove its case and you'll find a lot of juries are smarter than people give them credit for.<br /><br />As far as the overall comments about police lying, either on the stand or elsewhere, I've known quite a few and met quite a few when I served in a review board capacity. Playing the "testilying" card so frequently and quickly is often the result of sloppy, lazy, or wishful thinking on the part of lawyers or activists. In many cases, the cop either honestly believes in what he is saying or he just doesn't understand exactly what is being asked. Across the state, most police departments accept a high school diploma or military service rather than require a college degree, in part to save money and otherwise because the pool of potential candidates just isn't big enough. That is why larger agencies offer financial incentives to those with degrees and the resulting salaries are much more. It doesn't mean there aren't some who flat out lie or knowingly deceive but too many make the claim at the slightest sign of disagreement and it discredits the label.Bertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83082232143600566772018-03-29T13:56:05.587-05:002018-03-29T13:56:05.587-05:00@Dully-
"Full Frontal" with Samantha Be...@Dully-<br /><br />"Full Frontal" with Samantha Bee has a short rant on Prosecutor misconduct from a couple weeks back. She even briefly mentions the Ken Anderson/Michael Morton debacle.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2jpKfgKko<br /><br />It's funny, if not sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72772291132006780352018-03-29T08:50:37.014-05:002018-03-29T08:50:37.014-05:007:23 AM
If CSCD's only receive funding for 6 ...7:23 AM<br /><br />If CSCD's only receive funding for 6 months why does law permit 2 year terms of probation for misdemeanor offenses? Seems like a logical idea to reduce terms of misdemeanor probation to 6 months? OR shift the cost of misdemeanor probation terms beyond 6 months to the county.<br /><br />Maybe more offenders sitting in jail will be willing to plea to 6 month probation instead of tapping out. <br />Has anyone heard of a misdemeanor court in Texas releasing an offender from probation early?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65298971531206916482018-03-29T00:17:02.914-05:002018-03-29T00:17:02.914-05:00Police 'testilying' When they talking the...Police 'testilying' When they talking they lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38586330293169372712018-03-28T07:23:58.485-05:002018-03-28T07:23:58.485-05:00Re: probation funding formulas, I know several CSC...Re: probation funding formulas, I know several CSCDs are "against" sentencing reform (mainly in reducing state jail felony drug cases to misdemeanors) because the state isn't paying CSCDs to supervise misdemeanors offenders after the first 6 months. The rumor mill even floated an idea that the state was going to stop funding misdemeanor probation altogether. CSCDs don't have a tax base from which to pull funding, so local jurisdictions could start getting creative with adding fees like probation fines, increased fees for making payments, transfer fees, assessment fees, fees for having fees, on top of the already expensive $60/month supervision fee and court fees (hell, there are jurisdictions out there already charging all these fees). A reasonable funding formula needs to be put in place or probation will need to be funded the way parole is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56125070646725603172018-03-25T12:14:39.678-05:002018-03-25T12:14:39.678-05:00Judges are sickeningly evil. Was it Ben Franklin ...Judges are sickeningly evil. Was it Ben Franklin who said they feared they didn't put enough accountability on the Judiciary? What GOOD is a totally-corrupted system??, AS IF LAWS--laws used only for the protection of those in power, the lawyers, the judges, the politicians, and other rich. YES RICH--Earth has always been a class war. THE FILTHY RICH. <br />Don't worry, white people never riot. <br /> But the A.G. ruling in favor of THE COPS' WAR ON AMERICA is expected, no surprise, at all. Try and get the A.G. to force cops to show you the evidence, or even the record of their actions, and they cover it up--because they don't HAVE to. BUT THEY GET ALL PROTECTIONS POSSIBLE. <br /> You better quit writing articles exposing them, or they might "fear for their lives."johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64835541365803968682018-03-25T10:56:41.135-05:002018-03-25T10:56:41.135-05:00Here's my brief on a current perjury habeas ac...Here's my brief on a current perjury habeas action;Hi,<br /><br />Here's the link to the file:<br /><br />https://1drv.ms/w/s!AmtxDMxE6rUykXyy2_Nnpa6sKVOU<br /><br />Shared from Word for Android<br />https://office.com/getwordwww.facebook.com/GetOutOfTexasPrisonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087539741961956321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71742816453661092942018-03-25T09:53:18.610-05:002018-03-25T09:53:18.610-05:00It was not the whole 5th Circuit Court. It was a t...It was not the whole 5th Circuit Court. It was a three judge panel and I know two of them. Both of those I know have questionable legal ethics and lake sound minds. Jerry Smith once as city attorney of Houston threatened my lawyers during his appointment process that if they continued with Houston v Hill (107 S Ct 2502) he would use his position on the 5Th Circuit to hurt their future clients. We proceeded anyway and won an 8 to 1 SCOTUS decision against him. Edith Jones is a real piece of work she has hallucinations and believes every conspiracy theory she hears. The En Banc hearing will straighten out this mess. Your boast is premature<br />.Ray Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815546329931842187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21223426545053541662018-03-25T03:57:39.548-05:002018-03-25T03:57:39.548-05:00You're right, Dully, but they're not just ...You're right, Dully, but they're not just lawyers, a profession infamous for shady ethics, they're politicians too. That makes prosecutors the worst of both worlds.Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58007965113157908492018-03-24T18:39:32.929-05:002018-03-24T18:39:32.929-05:00re: Prosecutor Misconduct
The news article doesn&...re: Prosecutor Misconduct<br /><br />The news article doesn't state anything about a State Bar complaint against Hardin County District Attorney David Sheffield or Assistant District Attorney Bruce Hoffer. Is this yet another example where the problems have been identified yet no one takes any action to prevent the problems from occurring again? Brady v. Maryland has been on the books for over 50 years, yet it is repeatedly ignored without consequence. It appears as if Texas has a countless number illiterate shitheels as prosecutors that really need to find new occupations.Dullynoreply@blogger.com