tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post2666924263185379047..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Justice News RoundupGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58892397599641103942009-01-17T01:30:00.000-06:002009-01-17T01:30:00.000-06:00Excuse me 9:47pm,Is that an opinion with an attitu...Excuse me 9:47pm,<BR/>Is that an opinion with an attitude or can you back up what you say with research. I can only tell this much, you are very naive if you believe you can only lie and cover up so long without getting caught. You vote people into office that lie to you everyday, retire and never get caught. I bet you have a big secret that only you know about, if you say you don't you are lying. People die all the time at TDCJ and it never gets out. TDCJ would be closed along with many governments and businesses. Yep there are some crappy people at TYC but there are also many, many dedicated people there. Lest you accuse me of being staff, I'll tell you now that I was one for a long, long time untl I got fired for no reason. You won't believe me but it's true. I made some people over my head angry and they got me. They were no good, but I won't say that is true of all because it's not and I'm realistic. I'm not even trying to tell you that TDCJ should close. Closing eithe agency is unrealsitic and impractical. You must look at the big picture to see the resounding effects that closing th agency would have. My goodness, we don't all live in Travis, Harris, Bexar or Dallas county. My little county has major juvenile crime and they are not equipped to even begin to handle it. The cost would be prohibitive, but thats not all to consider. We are talking about mental restructuring which is a much more difficult task. Think about what you are saying and consider the fall out. I'm tired and can't think of a good analogy but it's almost like abolishing public schools overnight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63556684023396304492009-01-16T21:23:00.000-06:002009-01-16T21:23:00.000-06:00Its always hard to bite the bullet....but when you...Its always hard to bite the bullet....but when you know you're really worthless, its easier to swallow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14186154298275249232009-01-16T20:59:00.000-06:002009-01-16T20:59:00.000-06:00Damn...she's a typical lawyer...just got caught.Damn...she's a typical lawyer...just got caught.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68521874545581480902009-01-16T11:52:00.000-06:002009-01-16T11:52:00.000-06:00And you just thought the police are the only ones ...And you just thought the police are the only ones corrupt....<BR/><BR/>Disbarred Dallas lawyer Catherine Shelton gets probation for shoplifting<BR/><BR/>A Dallas attorney with a long history of questionable conduct was sentenced this morning to three years' probation for shoplifting. <BR/><BR/>Catherine Shelton, who is barred from practicing law, will have to serve her two-year sentence if she violates her probation. <BR/><BR/>Also Online <BR/>11/27/07: Troubled Dallas lawyer disbarred <BR/><BR/>11/20/07: Dallas criminal defense lawyer Shelton faces theft charge <BR/><BR/>Link: See a November 2000 Dallas Observer story on the Michael Hierro murder case <BR/><BR/>Link: See a January 2000 Dallas Observer story on Catherine Shelton <BR/>She pleaded guilty in exchange for the probation, which will be transferred to Harris County, where she now lives. <BR/><BR/>Shelton, 60, was suspected in the December 1999 slaying of Michael Hierro in Rowlett but never charged. Her husband is serving a life sentence for the slaying. In the late 1970s, she was suspected in the bludgeoning death of a former lover. <BR/><BR/>Shelton was previously convicted of aggravated assault for shooting a former boyfriend, and she was convicted of assaulting a former friend who was pregnant. <BR/><BR/>Today's sentence stems from her November 2007 arrest for shoplifting a $1,195 Marc Jacobs purse, two shirts worth $326 and an $8 candle from the Nordstrom at NorthPark Center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46934278158650538152009-01-16T11:17:00.000-06:002009-01-16T11:17:00.000-06:00Los Angeles – The gang capital of the world is tak...Los Angeles – The gang capital of the world is taking a new tack against them: cash damages.<BR/><BR/>The city of Los Angeles, plagued by 23,000 violent gang crimes since 2004, including 784 murders and 12,000 felony assaults, announced Tuesday that it had won its first civil judgment, for $5 million, against a criminal gang that had dominated the heroin trade downtown for decades.<BR/><BR/>The verdict could bode well for another first-of-its-kind lawsuit the city filed last month that goes after all assets of gang leaders, not just those associated with their criminal activity. Both suits seek to plow the money back into improving the neighborhoods affected by the gangs through a fund.<BR/><BR/>"By giving prosecutors more tools to fight gang activity at the local level, we are protecting our communities at the same time [that] we're able to strengthen our statewide anti-gang efforts," said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement released with the announcement of the $5 million verdict against the 5th and Hill gang in L.A.<BR/><BR/>The civil suits were filed under different amendments to state laws, one passed in 2007 and one in 2008,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72063982768008157132009-01-15T21:47:00.000-06:002009-01-15T21:47:00.000-06:00Being realistic....TYC pretty well is getting what...Being realistic....TYC pretty well is getting what it sowed. You can only fool the public and mismanage so much before someone has to pay. It is far past time for TYC to dissolve; it is past its reason for existing. Perhaps valid at one time...a dinasour now really to rot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34668686443561502212009-01-15T19:50:00.000-06:002009-01-15T19:50:00.000-06:00"TDCJ is famous for it's corruption and yet it's u..."TDCJ is famous for it's corruption and yet it's untouchable."<BR/><BR/>Your right on 7:08 but you won't get any support about TDCJ from this blog since all you hear is how we've got to figure out how to fill three thousand unfillable guard jobs and a 20% guard pay hike to boot. And give DPS a 14% pay raise.<BR/><BR/>And all of this with a deficit and the legislature voting today despite hard economic times and cuts to state services used by millions of Texans, House members today added $1,000 a month to their office operating accountsto boost their office budgets. month.<BR/><BR/>TYC is the sacrificial lamb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35898372193933435552009-01-15T19:08:00.000-06:002009-01-15T19:08:00.000-06:00This is all such an insulting joke. TDCJ is famous...This is all such an insulting joke. TDCJ is famous for it's corruption and yet it's untouchable. This is all political. I am embarrased that I helped put some of our politicians in office. There is no justice, just us. I now agree with the slimeball lawyer who told me that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43427476024511292322009-01-15T18:58:00.000-06:002009-01-15T18:58:00.000-06:00Sunset Commission you all need to be fired. You wo...Sunset Commission you all need to be fired. You work for the public and you just said F.U to the boss.<BR/>Thank goodness you are not scientists. Someone could find a cure for cancer and show you all the facts and you arrogant morons would just ignore it. Now I know where all the prople go who are not really successful in the private sector.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15243506502372737142009-01-15T18:44:00.000-06:002009-01-15T18:44:00.000-06:00Obviously no one cares, but there were more lay of...Obviously no one cares, but there were more lay offs at TYC today. <BR/>It is obvious that the sunset commission had a plan all along. <BR/>They wouldn't dare let good information gewt in the way of their mission to destroy TYC. That's fine, go ahead and see what you all are about to do to the state of Texas. I think the sunset commission needs a watchdog group watching it. The employees are not stupid, they know what is going on. Nobody wants to lose their hours so why not take them now before they lose them. Let those brainiacs on the commission take over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80084578715094070452009-01-15T17:32:00.000-06:002009-01-15T17:32:00.000-06:00Copkiller Claims Castle Doctrine DefenseAnother pa...Copkiller Claims Castle Doctrine Defense<BR><BR/>Another pair of victims in the war on some drugs.<BR/>TomTom Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052293453513649023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49130403080560427362009-01-15T16:10:00.000-06:002009-01-15T16:10:00.000-06:00Someplace for nowhere kids is something so needed ...Someplace for nowhere kids is something so needed in our state. We need something to prevent the track of children being prepared by tyc to go to prison. I’m in the very early stages of working on starting a foundation for these poor kids to break tyc norms, and am ecstatic to see that Sen. Whitmire is all over this. The kids need to be educated and learn how to be civilized, these are the key areas that tyc is failing imo. <BR/><BR/>In tyc’s 120 year history, of a culture predominated by staff with hall monitor syndrome, who have physically, mentally, sexually, and VERBALLY abused the throw away kids of Texas, I say to the initial anonymous poster above, what about the 120,000 + children whose lives have been made more difficult by the very people entrusted to make their lives better? <BR/><BR/>Sheldon tyc#47333 c/sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52934388519974063442009-01-15T15:48:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:48:00.000-06:00Re today's headlines........The only asset they ca...Re today's headlines........<BR/><BR/>The only asset they cannot take from you through inflation or deflation is education.<BR/><BR/>The Republican and Democrat parties only look out for the very wealthy elite.<BR/><BR/>We must have strict term limits on all levels of government, including bureaucrats in order to purge the system of the hopeless rot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23877011446143735192009-01-15T15:37:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:37:00.000-06:00Todays headlinesTexas House members boost their of...Todays headlines<BR/><BR/>Texas House members boost their office budgets<BR/><BR/>02:44 PM CST on Thursday, January 15, 2009<BR/>By ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News<BR/>rtgarrett@dallasnews.com <BR/><BR/>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/011509dnmethouseallowances.6ec60ca.html<BR/><BR/>Texas Youth Commission to lay off 100 people amid reform efforts <BR/><BR/>01:23 PM CST on Thursday, January 15, 2009<BR/>By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News<BR/>eramshaw@dallasnews.com<BR/><BR/>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/011509dntswtyc.661d733.html<BR/><BR/>What a deal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38792682924599083692009-01-15T15:30:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:30:00.000-06:00Dear State Legislature: When you eliminate TYC and...Dear State Legislature: <BR/><BR/>When you eliminate TYC and TJPC and combine them into one agency (despite everyone's objection), could you at least give the agency a better name than the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. <BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78728540319797412912009-01-15T15:28:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:28:00.000-06:00Cops lying. No, say it ain't so. Does this surpris...Cops lying. No, say it ain't so. Does this surprise anyone. This has been going on in law enforcement for years. They just now getting caught. And as to the castle doctrine, see what happens when you lie about who's at the door. You get your ass shot. Citizens have the right to defend themselves and their homes, regardless if the guy on the other side of the door has a badge and gun. Hell, we need protect ourselves from them more than anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1472929969974854342009-01-15T14:48:00.000-06:002009-01-15T14:48:00.000-06:00Sunset Commission members have done lost their dam...Sunset Commission members have done lost their damn minds. <BR/><BR/>How can you sit there and listen to all the public input that was provided on a potential TYC/TJPC merger and then open your packet and read all the written public input and still vote to basically merge the two agencies together. <BR/><BR/>TO the 6 who voted for the merger, how arrogant can you be to think you know better than all the juvenile justice professionals who testified and wrote in that this was a bad idea (to merge TJPC/TYC). If you just read that last sentence and said to yourself that your not arrogant then resign from Sunset Commission because someone else got you to vote for the merger and you have no backbone. <BR/><BR/>The Sunset took in a tremendous amount of public input and from what I have read and seen in writing how can you represent the public and vote yes on a TJPC/TYC consolidation. <BR/><BR/>You don't represent the public in the least if you voted yes on this one. Not after all the public input.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44051301214982100442009-01-15T12:42:00.000-06:002009-01-15T12:42:00.000-06:00I am contacting the media now!I am contacting the media now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18881305720036896052009-01-15T12:40:00.000-06:002009-01-15T12:40:00.000-06:00Somebody please, please make the sunset commission...Somebody please, please make the sunset commission verify their information. They can't do it. PLEASE HEAR ME-THEIR INFORMATION IS BOGUS. 1. It's way too soon to see whether changes made to TYC are working. They've not even had a chance to implement anything. They are just trying to survive through the day 2. I don't know where they got their information but it is wrong. 3. They are not qualified to make such major decisions, they do not even begin to understand hoe the system works. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE UNDERSTAND THIS? I VOW I WILL FIND SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO ME. <BR/>THE EMPLOYEES DESREVE TO BE TREATED LIKE HUMAN BEINGS AND THEY ARE NOT!! DOES ANYONE CARE?? <BR/>THIS MORNING on SIDE II in MART, TX, FOUR EMPLOYEES were LAYED OFF. Including a 20 YEAR VETERAN. I am embarassed to say I am from Texas. I've never seen a more corrupt, heartless, uninformed group of people in my life. I'm not crazy, I'm not an employee, I am a concerned citizen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com