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Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Local Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Challenged in Texas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In many U.S. cities, local ordinances prohibit registered sex offenders from living in certain areas – generally within 1,000 feet or more of schools, playgrounds and daycare centers. But when a city is just a few …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Texas Forensic Science Commission Addresses Problem with DNA Testing Protocols by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mission of the Texas Forensic Science Commission (TFSC) is to set standards for the use of scientific evidence in the state’s criminal justice system. In investigating the proper standards for DNA testing during …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Texas Fraud Prosecutions Privately Funded by Insurance Company by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas lawmakers recently took action to address the relationship between the Texas Mutual Insurance Company (TMIC) and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, after finding the connection between the pair was too close for comfort. Since …
Brief • June 22, 2017
Ostrander v. Kosteck, TX, Verdict, Retaliation for Filing Grievance, 2017 C~e 6:13-cv-00360 Document 184 Filed IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WACODMSION § DANIEL OSTRANDER, § § Plaintiff, § § § § v. HAROLD KOSTECK, et al., 0~/22/2017 Page 1 of 12 Fl LED …
Article • June 14, 2017
Hearing Required Before Assessment of Appointed Attorney Fees in Texas by On July 20, 2016, a Texas court of appeals held that, before fees incurred by a court-appointed attorney are assessed against an indigent criminal defendant, the court must hold a hearing and determine that the defendant is capable of …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Houston Police Officer's Retaliation Jury Award by On August 19, 2015, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals upheld a federal jury's $23,000 award for retaliation by the police department and returned an additional award of $127,000 for evaluation of how much of it was due to future …
Article • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Fifth Circuit Denies Stay in Challenge to Texas Execution Drug by On September 12, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a stay of execution to five Texas death row prisoners challenging the state's failure to retest the execution drugs it use before each use. Jeffery Wood, Rolando Ruiz, …
Article • June 14, 2017
Fifth Circuit Denied Claim of Immunity by Sheriff's Deputy, Rejects His Appeal in Fourth Amendment False Arrest Lawsuit by On September 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the appeal of a Hunt County, Texas, sheriff's deputy who claimed the lawsuit against him for …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Databases, Wrongful Death
University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke All law enforcement agencies, jails and prisons in Texas are required by state law to report in-custody deaths, but the raw statistics are not easily understood. That shortcoming prompted University of Texas Institute for …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Texas Leads the Nation in Exonerations, Costing More than $93 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On March 13, 1997, 41-year-old Dahn Clary, Jr. of Texarkana, Texas was arrested and charged with the aggravated sexual assault of his best friend’s 11-year-old son. The boy told his father and police …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Attorneys, Death Penalty
Texas Lawyer Quits with 0-34 Record of Losses in Death Penalty Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke If you were on trial for your life, you would want the best possible lawyer. That would exclude Houston, Texas attorney Jerry Guerinot, 71, who has a great deal of experience but …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Feds Impound Illegally Imported Execution Drugs in Arizona, Other States by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Arizona's Department of Corrections (ADC) imported a drug used for executions, but federal agents seized and impounded the illegal shipment at the Phoenix airport before it could be used for lethal injections. The ADC …
Publication • 2017
Office of the Inspector General - Safe Prisons Program Management Office FY 2016 Statistics, Texas, 2017 Safe Prisons Program Management Office FY 2016 Statistics Offender Transportation Alleged Sexual Assault Criminal Cases Opened by OIG Transportation Sep 0 Oct 0 Nov 0 Dec 0 Jan 0 Feb 0 Mar 0 Apr …
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Banned Book Lists
Texas Banned Books Jan-Dec 2017 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION AND RECORDS DIVISION DIRECTOR’S REVIEW COMMITTEE ATTN: File Copy DATE: January 3, 2017 – December 29, 2017 FROM: Director’s Review Committee SUBJ: DRC’S Decisions For the months beginning January 3, 2017 and ending December 29, 2017 matter denied in …
Kickback publication • May 31, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Texas Rates May 2017
Publication • May 8, 2017
Kinney County, Resolution Approving Request to Consent (GEO, CEC), 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 2017- O 'J..r RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST TO CONSENT/ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE GEO GROUP, INC. OF ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EXISTING CEC, INC. FACILITY OPERATION & MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WHEREAS, it has been made known to Kinney County, …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Fifth Circuit Upholds $2.85 Million Award in Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 29, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury award of $1.5 million for pain and suffering and $917,000 for wrongful death in a lawsuit brought by survivors …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Bonds Used to Finance Private Prisons, Jails Turn into Junk by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The promise of safe, humane and less costly prisons has been used for decades by the private prison industry to sell its products. As prison populations skyrocketed, local, state and federal governments became convinced …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Plumbing, Sanitation
Flooding Forces Evacuation of Over 4,000 Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Historic flooding along the Brazos River in southeast Texas last year forced the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to evacuate three facilities near Rosharon that housed more than 4,000 prisoners. The evacuations began on May …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Former Texas Police Officer’s Sexual Assault Case Reversed After 21 Years by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Brian Edward Franklin was a Fort Worth, Texas police officer for more than a decade before he was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life in prison in …
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