Tuesday, November 13, 2012

TDCJ budget request: Nuther $141 million needed for prison healthcare next biennium

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Unless it reduces the number of prisoners to whom it provides healthcare, the Legislature must spend $141 million more on prisoner healthcar...
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On conservatism and criminal justice reform

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Here's a "Right on Crime Minute" from our friends at the Right on Crime blog: That doesn't sound like Marc or Vik na...
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Criminal justice action on bill filing day at Texas Lege

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Bill filing at the Texas Lege began yesterday for the 83rd session and the Texas Tribune listed these criminal-justice related bills filed ...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Is crime rising or falling? It depends which Justice Department source you ask

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Doug Berman recently pointed out an incongruous set of federal reports on crime rates. As background, there are two national reporting meas...
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GPS jamming, spoofing pose dilemmas for criminal justice system and beyond

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Grits has recently been thinking about state-level policy implications of recent and pending court decisions regarding GPS tracking by law e...
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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Support growing for jail diversion for traumatized veterans

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An advisory group on veterans services convened by the Legislature recommended the criminal justice system be tweaked to accommodate veteran...
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Friday, November 09, 2012

Voters rejected second, notorious 'tuff on crime' prosecutor

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2012 will be remembered in some quarters as the year voters rebuffed two of Texas' most ardently "tuff on crime" prosecutors. ...
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Jailers fired after ugly inmate death

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The lede to this Nov. 7 Houston Chronicle story sums it up: "Two jailers and a deputy have been fired for failing to help a 72-year-o...
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Thursday, November 08, 2012

Texas Criminal Justice Coalition diligently preparing for session

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I see our friends at the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition have been busy. Check out their latest blast email , highlights of which include a...
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Will new, 'anti-government' Lege invest in criminal justice system? Crime lab edition

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Grits cannot understand why it is that Corpus Christi media not only consistently scoop their competitors around the state when it comes to...
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Private contractor trained DPS helicopter sniper

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Via Craft International The Texas Observer identified a contractor - Craft International - which trained the Department of Public Safet...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Criminalizing prescription drug use, distribution: The next frontier for 21st century drug warriors

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Should prescription drug abuse be treated primarily as a medical or a criminal justice matter? At the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committe...
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Austin police who infiltrated 'Occupy' movement outed in open court

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Two more Austin PD undercover officers assigned to infiltrate the "Occupy" movement were outed last week in open court in Houston,...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Judge Ken Anderson faces litigation on civil, criminal fronts based on Michael Morton false conviction

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Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune runs down Williamson County  District Judge Ken Anderson's response to misconduct allegations from ...
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Monday, November 05, 2012

Hampton candidacy v. Keller reliant on Gods of Down-Ballot Ticket Splitting

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Grits has predicted for years that if and when Democrats finally win a statewide race in Texas, odds are the first one will be on the Court ...
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TV station: Police crashes related to in-car computers 6 times more frequent than Arlington mayor suggested

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Earlier this year, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck told the local NBC affiliate that local police had no problem with distracted driving relate...
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Victim recants child abuse allegations vs. former SA police officer

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The latest possible Texas innocence case to make the news involved an ex-cop convicted of child molestation. A victim recantation calls into...
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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Fifteen of 250 men executed under Rick Perry faced death declaring innocence

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The Texas Tribune this week published an infographic providing comprehensive data about each of the 250 executions under Governor Rick Perr...
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Friday, November 02, 2012

The sharpshooter who wasn't

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A DPS sharpshooter in a helicopter aiming to take out the tires of a fleeing pickup truck missed and killed two undocumented immigrants in H...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

SCOTUS, Franky and Aldo: High court reviews drug-dog protocols

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Yesterday the US Supreme Court heard two important Fourth Amendment cases related to drug sniffing dogs that deserve Grits readers interest ...
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