Monday, November 11, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: #PardonMe Mr. Governor, who lied at TDCJ?, a publi...

Grits for Breakfast: #PardonMe Mr. Governor, who lied at TDCJ?, a publi...: Let's clear some browser tabs. Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention but haven't yet made it into ind...

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: Podcast: New evidence of Rodney Reed's innocence, ...

Grits for Breakfast: Podcast: New evidence of Rodney Reed's innocence, ...: Here's the latest Reasonably Suspicious podcast from Just Liberty: This is the October 2019 episode of Just Liberty's Reasonably...

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: The state of 'progressive prosecutors' in Texas

Grits for Breakfast: The state of 'progressive prosecutors' in Texas: The article in The Atlantic titled " Texas prosecutor fights for reform " has a certain "Man Bites Dog" quality, whic...

Grits for Breakfast: State officials vs local pols on bail and policing...

Grits for Breakfast: State officials vs local pols on bail and policing...: Let's clear a few browser tabs with a roundup of stories that merit Grits readers' attention: Texas AG insults federal judge's...

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: Texas trends follow national decline in misdemeano...

Grits for Breakfast: Texas trends follow national decline in misdemeano...: The Wall Street Journal on Sunday  published an item reporting on a nationwide decline in misdemeanor arrests, a trend this blog has been d...

Grits for Breakfast: Interview: Parsing the civil-rights lawsuit demand...

Grits for Breakfast: Interview: Parsing the civil-rights lawsuit demand...: In last month's Reasonably Suspicious podcast , co-host Mandy Marzullo and I interviewed Texas civil-rights attorney Scott Medlock about...

Grits for Breakfast: The state of 'progressive prosecutors' in Texas

Grits for Breakfast: The state of 'progressive prosecutors' in Texas: The article in The Atlantic titled " Texas prosecutor fights for reform " has a certain "Man Bites Dog" quality, whic...

Grits for Breakfast: DNA mixture software widely used in Texas disallow...

Grits for Breakfast: DNA mixture software widely used in Texas disallow...: For some time, Grits has been  skeptical  whether DNA-mixture software would hold up to "Daubert" scrutiny if judges were to dire...

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'behaved dishonorably' in prison-heat litigat...

Grits for Breakfast: TDCJ 'behaved dishonorably' in prison-heat litigat...: A federal judge declared that Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials had "behaved dishonorably" by allegedly providing th...

Grits for Breakfast: Harris DA sanctioned for Brady/Michael-Morton Act ...

Grits for Breakfast: Harris DA sanctioned for Brady/Michael-Morton Act ...: In Harris County, reported the Houston Chronicle's Keri Blakinger, Judge Andrew Wright  issued a monetary sanction of $500 on the Harri...

Monday, July 1, 2019

Grits for Breakfast: Why revocations from probation and parole make up ...

Grits for Breakfast: Why revocations from probation and parole make up ...: Two recent reports on supervising people in the community post-conviction deserve Grits readers' attention: From the Texas Public Poli...