Sunday, June 16, 2013

Grits for Breakfast: More litigation over heat in TX prisons now that 5...

Grits for Breakfast: More litigation over heat in TX prisons now that 5...: More lawsuites vx. TDCJ related to heat-related deaths, just as summer begins to warm up. I couldn't go to the Texas Civil Rights Projec...

Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes empower prosecutors, except for one T...

Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes empower prosecutors, except for one T...: Just a couple of criminal-justice related vetoes on Governor Rick Perry's 2013 list , but they were both significant. Perry vetoes onl...

Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes empower prosecutors, except for one T...

Grits for Breakfast: Perry vetoes empower prosecutors, except for one T...: Just a couple of criminal-justice related vetoes on Governor Rick Perry's 2013 list , but they were both significant. Perry vetoes onl...

Grits for Breakfast: Governor signs junk-science habeas bill

Grits for Breakfast: Governor signs junk-science habeas bill: Grits was particularly gratified to finally see Governor Perry has signed SB 344 by Whitmire/Turner ensuring access to the courts for habea...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Grits for Breakfast: 5th Circuit: Inmates can sue TDCJ over excessive h...

Grits for Breakfast: 5th Circuit: Inmates can sue TDCJ over excessive h...: After the suit was thrown out at the district court level, the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Texas Civil Rights Project coul...