Sunday, May 15, 2011

Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly

Grits for Breakfast: Bail bond industry seeks to retain monopoly: "A bill tying judges and counties hands on the cheapest way to handle low-level bail bonds has cleared the Senate and already received a hear..."

Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...

Grits for Breakfast: Don't further politicize Forensic Science Commissi...: "The national Innocence Project issued this press release criticizing floor amendments to a bill about the Forensic Science Commission that w..."

Grits for Breakfast: Lazy reporters are main constituency for sex-offen...

Grits for Breakfast: Lazy reporters are main constituency for sex-offen...: "Increasingly I've come to believe the sex-offender registry only serves one real purpose and at the end of the day just has one constituency..."

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors ask SCOTUS for 'absolute immunity' whe...

Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors ask SCOTUS for 'absolute immunity' whe...: "I'm very much looking forward to the oral arguments forthcoming at the US Supreme Court on November 4 regarding Pottawattamie County vs. McG..."

Grits for Breakfast: Improving Prosecutorial Accountability

Grits for Breakfast: Improving Prosecutorial Accountability: "Via email: Today, The Justice Project is pleased to announce the release of Improving Prosecutorial Accountability: A Policy Review , which ..."

Grits for Breakfast: What sanctions for prosecutors who cheat to win?

Grits for Breakfast: What sanctions for prosecutors who cheat to win?: "How many more cases do we need to see where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense before the state bar, the courts or t..."

Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutorial hubris, entitlement on display in re...

Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutorial hubris, entitlement on display in re...: "The National Law Journal published an op ed today by Bennett Gershman criticizing the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Collin County pro..."