Monday, October 27, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Exoneree awarded $2.3 million jury verdict over in...

Grits for Breakfast: Exoneree awarded $2.3 million jury verdict over in...: Texas Lawyer brings word (Oct. 23) of the latest example of innocence compensation, this time through a federal courtroom instead of the st...

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: 'Economist': Judges must seize back power from pro...

Grits for Breakfast: 'Economist': Judges must seize back power from pro...: The Economist last week (Oct. 4) published a pair of pieces lamenting the super-sizing of prosecutorial power and calling for the state to h...

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Habern: On plea bargains, parole, and the conseque...

Grits for Breakfast: Habern: On plea bargains, parole, and the conseque...: Long-time Texas parole attorney Bill Habern, whose comments on the Pamela Freeman case Grits appended to this post , followed up with an ema...

Grits for Breakfast: Disputed confession corroborated by jailhouse snit...

Grits for Breakfast: Disputed confession corroborated by jailhouse snit...: Grits apparently forgot to post anything about this story when it came out last month, so let's correct the oversight. Two Dallas men,...

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Grits for Breakfast: Parole commissioner indictment points to swamped s...

Grits for Breakfast: Parole commissioner indictment points to swamped s...: More detail has emerged regarding the indictment of parole commissioner Pamela Freeman reported by Grits yesterday. A story in the Houston C...