Tom Coleman Perjury Trial Archives

Here are Grits guest blogger Rev. Alan Bean's complete blog posts from the Tom Coleman perjury trial in Lubbock

1-9 Coleman trial already has pro-wrestling feel

1-10 Lesson from Tulia: Treatment not Incarceration

1-11 John Read's Boot Camp

1-12 A two-bit crime in a half-bit town

1-13 Special Prosecutor: Sheriff Stewart Needs a Lawyer

1-14 Coleman's defense continues: the fight gets personal

1-17 Reflections: Preachers, farmers and Yankee lawyers fight system that doesn't work

More:

• Alan covered Coleman's indictment for the Texas Observer, 4-9-04.
• Here's the Texas Observer piece by Nate Blakeslee that first broke the story.

See also from Grits:

• 12-16 TX House Committee: End Drug Task Force System
• 1-15 Federal judge: All counties liable for Tulia-style screwups
• 12-10 Byrne task forces not just a Texas problem
  

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