Thursday, July 19, 2012

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...