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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Good stuff from Texas criminal justice blogs

I wanted to recommend some terrific recent offerings from the Texas blogosphere on criminal justice topics:

From Texas Prison Bidness:
  • Sheriff's confidante pleads guilty in Bexar/Premier management scandal
  • The Hidden Cost of Private Prisons
  • Jail alternatives can save counties money
  • How do you explain a problem like Hutto?
  • Reporter who broke CCA case nominated for Texas Emmy
  • A closer look at LCS Corrections
  • CCA spent $1.3 million on lobbying in first half of 2007
From Dallas South:
  • Just go read everything Shawn has written on Jena, La.
From Defending People:
  • Mark Bennett confronts media bias against homeless, mentally ill veterans
  • Advice to new criminal defense lawyers
From The Defense Perspective:
  • Anonymous Criticism
  • Stephen Gustitis on pretrial jitters
  • Gustitis blogs first day of felony jury trial
  • Day One Complete
  • Day Two Complete
Texas Council on Probation
  • Sweeping changes needed for Texas: New Department of Probation
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
  • Execution is proof of guilt in Texas
  • The War on Drugs is the new New Deal
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