People Against Prison Abuse

Thursday, July 19, 2012

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

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...