Listed below are a number of odds and finish that benefit Grits' readers' consideration this morning. Sparing no expense If Harris C...
Listed below are a number of odds and finish that benefit Grits' readers' consideration this morning.
Sparing no expense
If Harris County have been as prepared to spend the taxpayers' cash on indigent protection and applications to divert individuals from jail as they're to pay $550-per-hour lawyers to fight bail reform, it is probably the civil rights litigation over the county's bail system that is occurring there proper now would by no means have been crucial. Bail reform laws was heard within the senate final week and is scheduled to be heard in committee on the Home facet on Monday.
'One of the vital despised applications in state authorities'
The Driver Accountability Program is "some of the despised applications in state authorities" however stays tough to abolish. Nonetheless, the senate appears prepared to go a lot further down that path, and with extra critical intent, than the Lege has beforehand been prepared to do. This might be simpler if we weren't in the midst of a funds 12 months flooded with crimson ink.
Increase-the-age proposal coincides with plummeting juvie crime
Seventeen 12 months olds commit crimes that are extra like juvenile cohorts than younger adults, according to a new study released this week. And juvenile crime has been happening. Reported Brandi Grissom: "In accordance with the research, arrests of 17-year-olds have been dropping since 2008, falling by 17 p.c from 2013 to 2015. The drop-off in arrests for 16-year-olds has been even steeper, falling by 26 p.c throughout the identical interval." UPDATE: Good news: Texas' raise-the-age laws, HB 122 (Dutton), has been set for a Home ground vote on Thursday, April 20.
Dallas approves citations as a substitute of arrests for pot
The Dallas metropolis council on a 10-5 vote implemented a cite-and-release policy for low-level marijuana arrests. The proposal unnoticed small parts of north Dallas not in Dallas County, which was the reason for no less than one council member's opposition. Go here to send an email to your state representative asking them to cross HB 81 punishing user-level marijuana possession with a civil penalty.
Vivid facet to a crime-scene investigation snafu
Shoddy work by a crime-scene investigator in Houston could put dozens of open cases in jeopardy, and perhaps some closed ones. Ugh. On the brilliant facet, a decade or two in the past such revelations in all probability would not be met with a public mea culpa and systematic notification of the protection, a lot much less a devoted division throughout the DA's workplace to seek for wrongful convictions. People are flawed and issues will occur. What's slowly altering are that techniques and mechanisms for responding extra responsibly are starting to take root.
Former prosecutor, alleged sexual harassment sufferer, died of an overdose
A former Tarrant County prosecutor who acquired a $375,000 settlement from the county after accusing then-DA Joe Shannon in a sexual harassment swimsuit has died of an overdose after mixing pharmaceuticals, the Star-Telegram reported. What a tragic finish. It took a variety of guts to face as much as her boss/the sitting DA like that.
Sparing no expense
If Harris County have been as prepared to spend the taxpayers' cash on indigent protection and applications to divert individuals from jail as they're to pay $550-per-hour lawyers to fight bail reform, it is probably the civil rights litigation over the county's bail system that is occurring there proper now would by no means have been crucial. Bail reform laws was heard within the senate final week and is scheduled to be heard in committee on the Home facet on Monday.
'One of the vital despised applications in state authorities'
The Driver Accountability Program is "some of the despised applications in state authorities" however stays tough to abolish. Nonetheless, the senate appears prepared to go a lot further down that path, and with extra critical intent, than the Lege has beforehand been prepared to do. This might be simpler if we weren't in the midst of a funds 12 months flooded with crimson ink.
Increase-the-age proposal coincides with plummeting juvie crime
Seventeen 12 months olds commit crimes that are extra like juvenile cohorts than younger adults, according to a new study released this week. And juvenile crime has been happening. Reported Brandi Grissom: "In accordance with the research, arrests of 17-year-olds have been dropping since 2008, falling by 17 p.c from 2013 to 2015. The drop-off in arrests for 16-year-olds has been even steeper, falling by 26 p.c throughout the identical interval." UPDATE: Good news: Texas' raise-the-age laws, HB 122 (Dutton), has been set for a Home ground vote on Thursday, April 20.
Dallas approves citations as a substitute of arrests for pot
The Dallas metropolis council on a 10-5 vote implemented a cite-and-release policy for low-level marijuana arrests. The proposal unnoticed small parts of north Dallas not in Dallas County, which was the reason for no less than one council member's opposition. Go here to send an email to your state representative asking them to cross HB 81 punishing user-level marijuana possession with a civil penalty.
Vivid facet to a crime-scene investigation snafu
Shoddy work by a crime-scene investigator in Houston could put dozens of open cases in jeopardy, and perhaps some closed ones. Ugh. On the brilliant facet, a decade or two in the past such revelations in all probability would not be met with a public mea culpa and systematic notification of the protection, a lot much less a devoted division throughout the DA's workplace to seek for wrongful convictions. People are flawed and issues will occur. What's slowly altering are that techniques and mechanisms for responding extra responsibly are starting to take root.
Former prosecutor, alleged sexual harassment sufferer, died of an overdose
A former Tarrant County prosecutor who acquired a $375,000 settlement from the county after accusing then-DA Joe Shannon in a sexual harassment swimsuit has died of an overdose after mixing pharmaceuticals, the Star-Telegram reported. What a tragic finish. It took a variety of guts to face as much as her boss/the sitting DA like that.
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