Grits for Breakfast

Send a message to Congress that immigrants make important contributions to American life that deserve lawmakers' respect. A rally for im...

Graphic: The Innocence Project Snitch testimony is the number one type of unreliable evidence in wrongful conviction cases, according to Ta...

Doc Berman hits the nail on the head with this question about the legitimacy of federal sentencing guidelines: Is a system that declares di...

More news that pseudoephedrine restrictions don't reduce meth addiction. The Houston Chronicle this week (" New law puts dent in ho...

Radio Days . Doc Berman points to two NPR stories from Justice Talking related to juvenile sentences and probation/parole . Treatment chea...

Here's an odd twist on the use of snitches in the drug war. The spread of laws limiting sale of meth "precursors " have led to...

Gathering information from informants is a dicey game - police are dealing with criminals who almost always have their own agenda. The case ...

Today's a travel day for me and blogging may be light for a few days. So chew on these items for now and maybe I'll find some bloggi...

My neighbors report that "Rocket," the recently departed chicken who roamed into my yard and was devoured by one or more of my dog...

I told you the Austin City Council's ballot language for the Open Government Online charter amendment was misleading and inaccurate. A ...

Citing this Rasmussen poll , DallasBlog reports : 65% of Americans think it's more important to restrict illegal immigration at the b...

I'm out for the day, but here's a brief roundup of Texas-related criminal justice items from the blogosphere and beyond: The Chief S...

If you know a Texas drug task force officer, be especially nice to them today. Give them a hug, perhaps, a shoulder to lean on if they need ...

WooHoo! A judge agreed with backers of two citizen initiatives that the Austin City Council's proposed ballot language describing the Op...

Do y'all remember this Johnny Cash tune? Egg sucking dog, I'm gonna stomp your head in the ground If you don't stop eating my ch...

Build the much-ballyhooed wall between Mexico and the United States and how long would it take would-be immigrants to breach it? Molly Ivins...

Cool: Author and New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell has a new blog . Read what he has to say defending the "broken windows" theor...

My friend Ann del Llano's terrific website, Effective Solutions for Texas , has undergone a Texas-style makeover and added a whole bunch...

Judges shouldn't rubber stamp plea bargains, writes Judge Susan Criss in the Galveston Daily News responding to a recent editorial ( Ku...

USA Today published a good article on the Stop Snitching movement. (" Anti-snitch campaign riles police, prosecutors ," March 29) ...