Showing posts with label Snitching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snitching. Show all posts
Thursday, December 05, 2019

Public policy responses to informant abuses

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 Two informant related stories recall a raft of snitching coverage on this blog, now mostly more than a decade ago. First, our pal Pam Col...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Oklahoma! (does #cjreform); HPD raid response doesn't address phony informant; why do probationers die at high rates? And other stories

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Here are a few browser clearing odds and ends: One out of 8 Travis County jail bookings in 2018 was for Class C misdemeanors In Travis Co...
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Saturday, December 01, 2018

Roundup: Lawsuit alleges cronyism and corruption at DPS; murder indictment of Dallas cop no aberration under outgoing DA; informant testimony makes for messy innocence claims; Pam Colloff's favorite #cjreform podcasts, and other stories

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Here are a few browser-clearing odds and ends of which Grits readers should be aware: Dallas cop indicted for Botham Jean murder In Dalla...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Import of recanted informant testimony never evaluated in capital case

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In the latest Reasonably Suspicious podcast , my co-host, Texas Defender Service Executive Director Mandy Marzullo, described the case of Ju...
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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Stop the Train! An Epic Indigent Defense Fail in Travis County, execution scheduled without hearing on snitch recantation, new music from Just Liberty's decarceration campaign, and other stories

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Here's the latest episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast for April 2018. You can subscribe on iTunes , Google Play , or SoundCloud...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

Texas jailhouse-snitch reforms praised

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The New York Times over the weekend (7/15) had a staff editorial praising the latest reforms in Texas  aimed at reining in the use of jailh...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Governor signs omnibus innocence bill to track informants, record interrogations

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Governor Greg Abbott today signed HB 34 , Texas' latest omnibus innocence legislation. Grits explained in this post why the eyewitness...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Just Liberty post-session roundup podcast

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Here's the latest Just Liberty podcast - this time reviewing criminal-justice reform legislation from the 85th Texas Legislature - featu...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Three good bills in CrimJur committee Monday

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Looking at the agenda for Monday's Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, here are three items which merit Grits readers attenti...
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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Tyler mayor to run B&B for racially profiled black men, and other stories

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Blogging was slow last week but that doesn't mean there weren't quite a few items in the news which merited Grits readers' atten...
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Saturday, December 10, 2016

A first look at Exoneration Review Commission recommendations

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See the new report from Texas' Timothy Cole Exoneration Review Commission , released this week. Let's review their main proposals: ...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

Harris County prosecutor gave secret deals in exchange for false testimony

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One sees shades of the Orange County snitching scandal out of California in this new story from the Harris County DA's office, reported...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

DA oppo, snitch scenarios, improving visitation, and a welcome homecoming

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Here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits readers attention: Accusing Gary Cobb Former Court of Criminal Appeals Judge and current ...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Robot parole boards, an All-American scofflaw, and other stories

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Here are few items which haven't made it into individual posts but which merit Grits readers' attention: How overcharging and pret...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Prosecutor to testify over withheld informant deals

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Pursuant to a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals order, on Monday in Dallas a former prosecutor will be called to testify regarding deals with ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Fire! Jailhouse informants and Texas arson cases

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Two recent high-profile news stories shined a spotlight on the use of incentivized jailhouse snitches to supplement flawed arson science in ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Bar alleges DA misconduct in Willingham case, bad closed-records bill, auditing forfeitures, testing for steroids, diligent participation credits (federal and state) and other stories

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Here are a few odds and ends that deserve readers' attention but didn't make it into individual posts during a busy week: State ba...
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Monday, October 06, 2014

Disputed confession corroborated by jailhouse snitches seeking secret deals may have resulted in two false convictions

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Grits apparently forgot to post anything about this story when it came out last month, so let's correct the oversight. Two Dallas men,...
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Prosecutors withheld evidence in shaky Dallas murder convictions

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Two Dallas men convicted of the 1999 murder of a Dallas pastor are seeking to be declared innocent, or at least receive a new trial, "o...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Marshall Project: Prosecutor misled court about aid to Willingham snitch

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The brand spanking new Marshall Project , a nonprofit journalism project focused on criminal justice, launched its first big feature this we...
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