tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5640144896875172689..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Preview: Full slate of bills at first Senate Criminal Justice hearing next weekGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71903688410138851322013-03-10T13:03:16.474-05:002013-03-10T13:03:16.474-05:00Make counties report case disposition data
Yes, w...Make counties report case disposition data<br /><br />Yes, with emphasis on ALL dispostions. Not just cases that went to court, trial and were dismissed but tracking how every arrest was disposed. Don't be suprised to find gross privelage given by prosecutors to white educated wealthy in the form of dismisals, and pre-trial programs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18501935819533943442013-03-09T01:29:13.985-06:002013-03-09T01:29:13.985-06:00I still can't get my head round a system that ...I still can't get my head round a system that flip-flops between calling 17 year olds children if they are victims but adults if they are purpetrators. It's the mixed message that should be outlawed.<br /><br />The bill to disclose previous suggestions of wrong-doing at the trial phase is plain and simple wrong.<br /><br />Are there any useful, helpful or sensible bills?sunray's wenchhttp://lookingforthecabinbythelake.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78504264015945891862013-03-08T19:48:32.396-06:002013-03-08T19:48:32.396-06:00I'll risk it, 6:24, so that visitors can easil...I'll risk it, 6:24, so that visitors can easily use it when need be without any hassle. In the situation you describe I <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/copyright-trolls-bogus-negligence-theory-fails-court-again" rel="nofollow">would incur no liability</a>.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65998781803213029862013-03-08T18:24:37.245-06:002013-03-08T18:24:37.245-06:00Leaving your wifi unsecured is a really bad idea, ...Leaving your wifi unsecured is a really bad idea, Grits. What if your neighbor is using your wifi to download/upload child pornography? It will be YOUR door that gets kicked in, not his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65666023698881527762013-03-08T17:03:43.170-06:002013-03-08T17:03:43.170-06:00A Texas law ripe for review? Shocking... On a diff...A Texas law ripe for review? Shocking... On a different note, have they proposed deferred adjudication for DWI again this session?Mike Howardhttp://www.mkehowardlaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81587985909027183312013-03-08T13:43:49.111-06:002013-03-08T13:43:49.111-06:00@11:39, The surcharge bill hasn't been posted ...@11:39, The surcharge bill hasn't been posted for a hearing yet. I understand the hospitals are opposing it. Especially if TX isn't going to expand Medicaid, they're afraid they're going to lose their "disproportionate share" indigent care funds and are fearful of the surcharge money going away, even though the state has enough $ in the bank to continue payouts for six years. They want all of it released to them now and for the state to continue collecting it.<br /><br />Mike, though IANAL, since you are one and you mention it, I read Miller the same way. I'm not sure they get to just offer "regular" life or LWOP without evaluating particularized circumstances. If that's right, this could be another TX law that gets reviewed and maybe overturned by the federal courts.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53670620129263948142013-03-08T11:39:24.542-06:002013-03-08T11:39:24.542-06:00What about that DPS surcharge bill? Man I really n...What about that DPS surcharge bill? Man I really need that to go away. It's about to hit me and I've been unemplyed for 18 months now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61996011853314472212013-03-08T08:02:32.901-06:002013-03-08T08:02:32.901-06:00Providing LWOP and life with the possibility for p...Providing LWOP and life with the possibility for parole as the only two sentencing options for juveniles charged with capital murder may still be unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama. In Miller, SCOTUS held that the trial court had to assess the specific age of the individual, examine the youth's childhood and life experience, weigh the degree of responsibility the youth was capable of exercising, and assess that youth's chances of becoming rehabilitated. Only if the judge concludes that LWOP is a proportional penalty (given all the above factors) can he impose such a sentence. <br /><br />To me this would suggests an actual punishment range rather than a either/or choice. We'll see. The fight over juvenile sentencing in capital cases is certainly not over.Mike Howardhttp://www.mikehowardlaw.comnoreply@blogger.com