Friday, March 30, 2018

March Reasonably Suspicious Podcast: Primary election wrap-up, pushing #cjreform in state party platforms, unconstitutional legal fees, Harris County bail suit update, a stunning judicial power play, and more

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Sliding in under the wire at the end of the month, check out the March 2018 episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast, co...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Open records review should include criminal justice, and other stories

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A few quick hits before I finish editing our podcast today: CCA takes up cell-phone location data case Grits was a bit surprised to see ...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Forensic hypnosis under fire

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In December, Grits posted a " brief primer on forensic hypnosis " after we'd discussed a capital case out of Farmer's Bran...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Benchmark created for 'progressive prosecutors,' and other stories

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Grits doesn't have time to blog on these topics at the moment but y'all should probably be aware of them: Philly prosecutor pionee...
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Saturday, March 24, 2018

5th Circuit benchslapped! All about the money, Tx bodycam law a boon to bad cops, and other stories

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Here are a few odds and ends which merit Grits' readers interest while my own is focused elsewhere: Benchslapped! The US Supreme Cour...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Justice Needs a Platform: Young Republican Federation backs justice reform

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With most county and senate-district political conventions being held tomorrow for both major political parties, readers will recall that Ju...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

On the limits of tuff-on-crime ideology at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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One of Grits' favorite pastimes is parsing contentious Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decisions to better understand the dynamics and f...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Additions to Grits' Reading Pile: On prosecutors, pretrial detention, plea bargaining, and more

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Let's add a few items to Grits' reading pile, and perhaps to your own. First, On pretrial detention Laura and John Arnold Founda...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Pop quiz on forensics

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A recent research paper from Jonathan Koehler, a Northwestern University law professor, titled " How trial judges should think about fo...
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TDCJ Youthful Offender Program accused of 'culture of cover-up'

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Readers will recall that, after more staff-on-youth sex-assault scandals were uncovered at Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities, the...
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Thursday, March 08, 2018

Texas CCA and DA election roundup

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Let's update the Texas DA and Court of Criminal Appeals races we discussed in the February podcast , as well as others that deserve ment...
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Monday, March 05, 2018

His chief weapons are surprise and fear

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition , the actors in Monte Python insisted, and Grits must admit I didn't expect Texas judges to be...
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Friday, March 02, 2018

Texas judicial elections broken but far from radar screen of legislative power brokers

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Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention even if I haven't found time to author full posts on the topic. D...
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More unconstitutional court fees defenestrated

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On Twitter, the Texas District and County Attorneys Association mocked a defendant represented by the Harris County Public Defender for winn...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

On the institutional basis for ineffective assistance: Travis Jail Reduction Docket

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Travis County will make unspecified changes to their "jail reduction docket" to counter criticisms that it operated as a plea mil...
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Texas DA and Court of Criminal Appeals primaries: A podcast excerpt

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In the February 2018 episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast , my co-host Mandy Marzullo and I discussed several District Attorney prim...
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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Don't make excuses for bad choices by Harris County judges

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The truth about Harris County judges misleading the courts and intentionally violating the constitutional rights of defendants before them ...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Endorsing an Over-Incarcerator, History Unfolding, Ain't Nothing but a Plea Mill, and other stories

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A few odds and ends to clear Grits' browser tabs Endorsing an Over-Incarcerator The Dallas News last week endorsed a Collin County J...
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Father's pleas heard as parole board recommends clemency

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The Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles yesterday unanimously recommended clemency for Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, the first time in a decade t...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Podcast: Texas DA primaries, Court of Criminal Appeals races, and much more

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Check out the February 2018 episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably Suspicious podcast, featuring discussions of Texas District Attorney a...
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