Showing posts with label post-conviction writs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post-conviction writs. Show all posts
Friday, January 17, 2020

Parole board now Joe Bryan's only hope after TX CCA's shameful rejection of his habeas writ

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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' rejection of Joe Bryan's habeas corpus writ may rank as its most embarrassing moment since the ...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

The iceberg's tip: CA man walks free bc of DNA-mixture SNAFU

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It's perhaps a testament to the reduction in size of and competition among MSM outlets that nobody has yet covered the problems with DNA...
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Monday, March 04, 2019

Funding needed to bolster Office of Capital and Forensic Writs

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My Reasonably Suspicious podcast co-host, Amanda Marzullo, who is the executive director of the Texas Defender Service, asked me to publis...
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Friday, January 25, 2019

Podcast: Taking a bite out of junk science, update on bail-reform litigation, and much more

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The January episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast was delayed a bit by my co-host's enviable trip to Vietnam at t...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Sharon Keller, bite-mark evidence, and the end of innocence forestalled

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The judges' conferences over the Steven-Chaney bite-mark case , according to reliable sources, was the most contentious at the Texas Cou...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

El Paso 'shaken baby' conviction latest capital case challenged under TX's junk science writ

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Texas' junk science writ continues to impact high-profile capital cases, this time causing re-evaluation of faddish "shaken-baby...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Podcast: Colloff on blood spatter, causes of long lines at DPS license centers, understaffing at rural prisons, and other stories

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If you can get past a few bad puns in the intro, I think we've got a good show for you this time on the better-late-than-never August 20...
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Friday, August 24, 2018

Harris Sheriff's captain providing cover for Balch Springs shooter, the TX bail-reform roller coaster, and other stories

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Here are a few odds and ends for Grits readers to chew on headed into the weekend: Harris Sheriff's captain providing cover for Balch ...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Judges rubber stamping capital writs, warrants now required for cell-phone location data, managed-assigned-counsel systems still suck, and other stories

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Here are a few odds and ends that merit readers' attention: Austin admits police oversight system didn't do much Grits has said f...
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

'Agree with me or I will kill you': On plea bargaining, the death penalty, and life without parole

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Me, Harris County DA Kim Ogg, and Shannon Edmonds from the Texas District and County Attorneys Association commented in a Houston Chronicle ...
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Monday, December 04, 2017

CCA: Parole board cannot be made to follow statutes

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What a difference a year makes. In 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously ruled in Ex Parte Antonio Sepeda that habeas corpu...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Spotlight on ineffective assistance: Barriers to remedies

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Texas State Rep. Gene Wu once said to me there were three categories of professionals - attorneys, doctors, and engineers - who could do imm...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Why an innocent person would plea bargain

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The Atlantic has a good roundup of US Supreme Court cases related to criminal justice coming up in the term which just began, and Grits wa...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Reasonably Suspicious: Listen to the podcast, join us for our Launch Party!

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After several months of working out the kinks in a soft launch, Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast now is up and running on ...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

When does SCOTUS say it's okay for Texas lawyers to be ineffective?

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Question : When is it okay for Texas lawyers to overtly provide their clients with ineffective assistance without it jeopardizing their conv...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Keller exoneration a warning parable about witch hunts

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Congratulations to Fran and Dan Keller - an Austin couple accused of performing Satanic rituals and sexually abusing kids at their daycare a...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Convenience vs. the Constitution: CCA habeas procedures value former over latter, says high-court judge

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Thanksgiving is over, but Grits is grateful for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Elsa Alcala, without whom I wouldn't have been awa...
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Don't gloat that Texas is ahead on forensic-science reform

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Meagan Flynn at the Houston Press is right that Texas is ahead of the feds and the rest of the country right now on forensic science reform...
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