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...