How much did this lab cost TAXPAYERS in criminal justice fees, courts,attorneys, das, jails, prison,wrongful convictions, parole,etc.????Grits for Breakfast: No charges for lab worker drylabbing in Tarrant

Grits for Breakfast: No charges for lab worker drylabbing in Tarrant: The Tarrant County District Attorney will not impanel a grand jury to evaluate the actions of a lab worker in the medical examiners office w...

Grits for Breakfast: Written consent for vehicle searches and déjà vu a...

Grits for Breakfast: Written consent for vehicle searches and déjà vu a...: Grits was pleased to read that, starting next month, the Austin Police Department will require officers to obtain written consent for search...

Grits for Breakfast: When the state sues your car: Asset forfeiture fol...

Grits for Breakfast: When the state sues your car: Asset forfeiture fol...: At the Houston Press, Craig Malisow has a feature on a pair of asset-forfeiture cases , including a constitutional challenge to the practi...

Grits for Breakfast: 'Gagged, sealed and delivered,' and other stories

Grits for Breakfast: 'Gagged, sealed and delivered,' and other stories: Here are a few odds and ends that didn't make it into their own separate posts but merit Grits readers' attention: 'Gagged, Sealed, and De...

Grits for Breakfast: New federal legislation would pump $300 million in...

Grits for Breakfast: New federal legislation would pump $300 million in...: The Nature News blog on Friday brought details of new federal legislation to fund  research and improve standards in forensic science, at l...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas crime labs ill-equipped to handle coming vol...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas crime labs ill-equipped to handle coming vol...: The lede to the Nature News blog article mentioned in the last Grits post described a fascinating occurrence of faulty forensics I hadn'...

Grits for Breakfast: Criminal investigations focused on two DPS staffer...

Grits for Breakfast: Criminal investigations focused on two DPS staffer...: Rare and welcome coverage yesterday by Brenda Bell at the Statesman of contracting irregularities at the Department of Public Safety in a st...

Grits for Breakfast: Small-town justice: No recourse for alleged abuses...

Grits for Breakfast: Small-town justice: No recourse for alleged abuses...: Check out a story of alleged abuse of power by a rural prosecutor in this recent Texas Observer story by Patrick Michels. After attorney Ma...

Grits for Breakfast: Small-town justice: No recourse for alleged abuses...

Grits for Breakfast: Small-town justice: No recourse for alleged abuses...: Check out a story of alleged abuse of power by a rural prosecutor in this recent Texas Observer story by Patrick Michels. After attorney Ma...

Grits for Breakfast: Levin: On the virtues of individualized assessment...

Grits for Breakfast: Levin: On the virtues of individualized assessment...: Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation had an exceptionally good column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram adumbrating the growing r...

Grits for Breakfast: Levin: On the virtues of individualized assessment...

Grits for Breakfast: Levin: On the virtues of individualized assessment...: Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation had an exceptionally good column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram adumbrating the growing r...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas should conduct review of hair and fiber fore...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas should conduct review of hair and fiber fore...: Excellent news for those concerned with the lack of rigor in certain forensic science disciplines, this time hair and fiber analysis. The Wa...

Grits for Breakfast: House County Affairs Committee examines jail overc...

Grits for Breakfast: House County Affairs Committee examines jail overc...: I listened this afternoon to yesterday's House County Affairs Committee's hearing on their interim charge to "Conduct a general study of is...

All in the name of "DRUG WAR"....Grits for Breakfast: Snitching here, there and yon

Grits for Breakfast: Snitching here, there and yon: Grits wanted to point out several compelling items related to confidential informants, including issues related to using juveniles as snitch...

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FedCURE - Parole, Second Look, BARBER Amendment, Good Time Bill, Second Chance Act, H.R. 1475, Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009, H.R. 1593, S. 1060, H.R. 223, H.R. 3072, U.S. vs. Booker, Federal Prison, Federal Inmate(s), Federal CURE, "Using Technology To Bring About Federal Criminal Justice Reform" TM

Texas Jail brutalizes Mentally Disabled Inmates beyond description....Tarrant County jailer brutalized inmates, lawsuits say | Crime and Safety | News from Fo...

Tarrant County jailer brutalized inmates, lawsuits say | Crime and Safety | News from Fo...

Please help "TAKE ACTION" to support the Inmates that have filed lawsuits...TEXAS aka TDCJ PRISON HEAT CONDITIONS

TEXAS aka TDCJ PRISON HEAT CONDITIONS

Grits for Breakfast: Will Texas expand Medicaid coverage under Obamacar...

Grits for Breakfast: Will Texas expand Medicaid coverage under Obamacar...: The Internet today, naturally, is abuzz with commentary about the US Supreme Court's ruling upholding most of "Obamacare" but giving states ...

Grits for Breakfast: Crime declines too big to attribute to police fals...

Grits for Breakfast: Crime declines too big to attribute to police fals...: Whenever it's mentioned on this blog that crime rates have declined for the past two decades, a slew of anonymous commenters show up who cla...

Grits for Breakfast: Crime declines too big to attribute to police fals...

Grits for Breakfast: Crime declines too big to attribute to police fals...: Whenever it's mentioned on this blog that crime rates have declined for the past two decades, a slew of anonymous commenters show up who cla...

Grits for Breakfast: Courts as revenue centers: Mounting probation and ...

Grits for Breakfast: Courts as revenue centers: Mounting probation and ...: The New York Times today has a front-page story titled, " Poor land in jail as companies add huge fees for probation ," and the story mentio...

Grits for Breakfast: Private prison news: Inmate deaths, contractor cha...

Grits for Breakfast: Private prison news: Inmate deaths, contractor cha...: A few items related to private prisons caught my eye recently that may interest Grits readers: Antibiotics allegedly delayed in pneumonia ...