tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post926805097290148411..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: When DNA evidence accuses after the statute of limitations runs outGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35003544926699282692008-09-27T13:53:00.000-05:002008-09-27T13:53:00.000-05:00If some one has not come to the attention of alw e...<I>If some one has not come to the attention of alw enforcement for many years then let sleeping dogs lie. Plain and simple.</I><BR/><BR/>Tell that to the woman who has been through it. I'm sure she will feel much better.<BR/><BR/>As far as the sex offender registry, what I don't like a bout it is that it does not specify what the crime was. I'm not so interested in a he said she said thing as I am in a crime against children or violent rape by a stranger. Actually the child or violent offender should never see the light of day again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33793937777917702552008-09-25T15:24:00.000-05:002008-09-25T15:24:00.000-05:00Give me a break. If some one made a mistake years ...Give me a break. If some one made a mistake years ago and has led a clean life up to now, you guys want him to register as a sex offender? Give me a break. Christ taught us to turn the other cheek and to forgive. While I dont condone violence or rape, I cant condone revenge for revenges sake. If some one has not come to the attention of alw enforcement for many years then let sleeping dogs lie. Plain and simple. The perp willhave to live with his actions every day for the rest of his life, and life David Hicks in San MArcos one day he may come clean, but not if he will ahve to register.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29676150511756576352008-09-25T08:32:00.000-05:002008-09-25T08:32:00.000-05:00Regarding non-convicted on the sex offender regist...Regarding non-convicted on the sex offender registry: Ohio has a law permitting "civil" sex offenders to be subject to registration, community notification, and all other restrictions. All it takes is a finding by a civil court judge in cases where the statute of limitations has run out. To my knowledge, it has not yet been tested in the courts.<BR/><BR/>The courts may not have a problem with it. After all, the overwhelming majority of courts have found no punitive effects from registration, notification, mandatory reporting, implicit curfew, residency restrictions, location bans, and so forth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86973837364684733452008-09-25T07:18:00.001-05:002008-09-25T07:18:00.001-05:00They already did, 10:41, see the quoted DMN articl...They already did, 10:41, see the quoted DMN article declaring, "Because of the certainty brought by new technology, Texas' statute of limitations for rape was eliminated in 1996 for cases with suspect DNA."<BR/><BR/>These are older cases, many from the 1980s, before DNA testing existed and the law was changed.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73302198547392224292008-09-24T22:41:00.000-05:002008-09-24T22:41:00.000-05:00Back on topic:Shouldn't we eliminate the statute o...Back on topic:<BR/><BR/>Shouldn't we eliminate the statute of limitations for Rape/Aggravated Rape?<BR/><BR/>With DNA we can nail the offender decades later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83584000500981218812008-09-24T20:20:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:20:00.000-05:00Todd, offhand there are several historical texts r...Todd, offhand there are several historical texts <A HREF="http://www.txprisonmuseum.org/books.html" REL="nofollow">referenced at the Texas Prison Museum bookstore</A>.<BR/><BR/>The prison system was centralized and 'modernized' during that period from the pseudo-for-profit model it'd previously operated under. Since you're near Austin, the <A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/20154/tsl-20154.html" REL="nofollow">historical materials are at the state archives</A>, as well as <A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/20046/tsl-20046.html" REL="nofollow">inventories of earlier records</A>. It's right downtown next to the capitol.<BR/><BR/>Also, the main reform group of the era in Texas was the <A HREF="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/mdtva.html" REL="nofollow">Texas Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor</A>, so researching them might be an angle to pursue. Besides the state archives check the Austin History Center and the Barker History Center at UT-Austin.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'll bet there are some TDCJ exes trolling around reading these blog comments who know a lot more sources than me or who could recommend a good book or two, perhaps somebody else can point you in the right direction.<BR/><BR/>Be sure to pass along your paper when you're done, I'll be interested to see what you come up with. Suerte!Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14350590102555748472008-09-24T19:47:00.000-05:002008-09-24T19:47:00.000-05:00Dear Mr. Henson,I know this is off topic but do yo...Dear Mr. Henson,<BR/><BR/>I know this is off topic but do you have any knowledge of what happened during the Great Depression way back when and how it effected Texas Prisons? I'm writing a paper for school and my friends dad who works at the juvenile program (youth commission) said I should ask you since you are well educated on Texas prison issues. I'd appreciate any help you could point me to sir.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/><BR/>Todd<BR/>Pfugerville HSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com