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https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/12/on-phenomenology-of-maverick-ray-and.html?showComment=1386952221763&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: On the phenomenology of Maverick Ray and the worthlessness of Texas capital... Mark Bennett recently called out a newbie solo criminal defense attorney named Maverick Ray for "deceptive" advertising on his website, tra... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2016/04/ban-on-surrogate-social-media-for.html?showComment=1461747086468 Grits for Breakfast: Ban on surrogate social media for inmates a bad idea on many levels Leave it to TDCJ to do exactly the wrong thing on inmate social media accounts. The Texas Tribune reported today that: Texas prison i... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/08/courts-punt-on-forensics-surrounding.html?showComment=1504089539401 Grits for Breakfast: Courts punt on forensics surrounding DNA mixtures In our final excerpt from Just Liberty's August "Reasonably Suspicious" podcast , let's focus on a recent Texas appellate case regarding D... grits for breakfast courts punt forensics surrounding https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/11/sunset-report-on-texas-youth-prisons.html?showComment=1291610705534&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Sunset report on Texas youth prisons, juvenile probation: TYC costs per youth... The Sunset Commission issued its 39-page Staff Report (pdf) on the Texas Youth Commission and Juvenile Probation Commission on Friday. See... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/morality-of-jailing-innocent-children.html?showComment=1194609840000 Grits for Breakfast: The Morality of Jailing Innocent Children See the excellent new website and blog focusing on the T. Don Hutto detention center for immigrant families in Taylor, Texas. Via Eye on W... grits for breakfast morality jailing innocent children https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-things-we-allegedly-do-for-our-kids.html?showComment=1372098191925 Grits for Breakfast: The things we (allegedly) do for our kids: Bexar prosecutor edition The things we (allegedly) do for our kids: On Friday afternoon the SA Express-News published a story titled " Prosecutor leaves DA amid cont... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/grits-comments-submitted-on-tyc-use-of.html?showComment=1196199660000 Grits for Breakfast: Grits comments submitted on TYC use of force policy The Texas Youth Commission's "Spray First" policy remains in the spotlight this week, with ongoing litigation at the Travis County courthou... grits for breakfast use of force comments submitted https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/07/thinking-blogger-award.html Grits for Breakfast: The Thinking Blogger Award Here's a shout out to blogs that make us think. Shawn Williams at Dallas South blog earlier this month was kind enough to bestow upon Grits... grits for breakfast thinking blogger award https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/08/punitive-approach-to-economic-crimes.html?showComment=1250914164960 Grits for Breakfast: Punitive approach to economic crimes only makes problems worse Readers may be interested in this press release (pdf) from DPS describing new traffic laws that take effect on September 1. The release men... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/11/cca-overturned-five-more-convictions.html Grits for Breakfast: CCA overturned five more convictions where belated lab report failed to... Rounding out Grits' synopsis of interesting cases from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hand down list last week (see also here , here ,... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/09/should-decarceration-advocates-push-for.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Should decarceration advocates push for federal reforms? Writing in Vox, John Pfaff dislikes Cory Booker's Reverse Mass Incarceration Act for two principle reasons. First, he thinks it reacts to a... grits for breakfast decarceration advocates push federal https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/09/public-defender-for-appeals-would.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Public defender for appeals would reduce waste, increase efficiency, protect... Lots of appeals in Texas' criminal-court system are filed pro se by people who lack representation, and often they make procedural errors t... grits for breakfast public defender https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/05/about-face-no-airport-style-security-at.html Grits for Breakfast: Airport-style security to be installed at capitol entrances ( Ed. note : This version corrects an erroneous headline and misinterpretation in the original post.) I couldn't be happier to learn that s... grits for breakfast to be installed airport style https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/06/youth-prescribed-psychotropic-drugs.html Grits for Breakfast: Youth prescribed psychotropic drugs much more often for behavior modification Recently, in an item titled " Hypothesizing reasons for continued crime declines ," Grits mentioned the theory that new and improved pharmac... grits for breakfast psychotropic drugs https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/11/austin-police-chief-needs-better.html?showComment=1542466903295 Grits for Breakfast: Austin police chief needs better responses to whistleblower allegations of... After the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX aired complaints in a podcast from an Austin PD whistleblower claiming she'd been press... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/04/rules-are-for-other-people-police.html?showComment=1335301891135 Grits for Breakfast: Rules are for other people: Police dashcam edition Last year Dallas PD established a unit to review daschcam video, the Dallas News reported, but has suspended the program "because officers f... grits for breakfast other people rules police dashcam https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/10/police-union-criticisms-warranted-but.html?showComment=1508085296339 Grits for Breakfast: Police union criticisms warranted, but suggestions off base While Grits remains sympathetic to activists like Paul Butler who're frustrated at the ability of police unions like the Federation of Poli... grits for breakfast police union https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/grits-2010-traffic-data.html?showComment=1294380891219 Grits for Breakfast: Grits 2010 traffic data Since we're looking back at 2010, here's some data on Grits' traffic over the last year: That's an average of 51,861 visitors per month. M... grits for breakfast traffic data https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/03/invited-graffiti-solution-or-enabling.html?showComment=1236000000000 Grits for Breakfast: Invited graffiti: Solution or enabling for unwanted tags? I've believed for a while now that municipal graffiti management (and it can only ever be managed, never eliminated) must involve three pron... grits for breakfast invited graffiti solution enabling https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/10/grand-jury-investigating-bat-van.html?showComment=1320414772569 Grits for Breakfast: Grand jury investigating BAT van coverup to question DA Pat Lykos It seems that as a practical matter, examinations of flawed forensics in the justice system virtually never result from the mature, public e... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/layoffs-at-tyc.html?showComment=1232080080000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Layoffs at TYC Texas Youth Commission Executive Commissioner Cherie Townsend sent out this email today to TYC employees announcing significant layoffs: I ... grits for breakfast layoffs tyc https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/11/sunset-report-on-texas-youth-prisons.html?showComment=1290708671312&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Sunset report on Texas youth prisons, juvenile probation: TYC costs per youth... The Sunset Commission issued its 39-page Staff Report (pdf) on the Texas Youth Commission and Juvenile Probation Commission on Friday. See... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/09/battered-escapee-was-tyc-alum.html?showComment=1254238064841 Grits for Breakfast: Battered escapee was TYC alum ( SEE CLARIFICATION AT THE END ) In 2007, the Texas Legislature changed the max age for Texas Youth Commission inmates from 21 to 19, sendin... grits for breakfast battered escapee tyc alum https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/harris-may-shift-juvie-boot-camp-to.html?showComment=1233446280000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Harris may shift juvie 'boot camp' to treatment model Juvenile justice researchers have known for a while now that juvenile "boot camps" don't reduce recidivism and create needless risks for yo... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/12/jailer-allegedly-bribed-teen-for-sex-in.html?showComment=1354827081257&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Jailer allegedly bribed teen for sex in Harris juvenile detention center Nasty sexual abuse allegations coming out of the Harris County juvenile detention center. Reported the Houston Chronicle : For months, no ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/05/valor-redefined.html?showComment=1211069940000 Grits for Breakfast: Valor Redefined One day you're a hero, the next you're a goat. Austin PD Officer Roger Boudreau was given the Medal of Valor after what he described as a dr... grits for breakfast valor redefined https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/whitmire-parole-board-tdcj-must-do.html?showComment=1207314120000 Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: Parole board, TDCJ, must do a better job explaining parole decisions... A significant portion of yesterday's Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing focused on the parole process, with several interesting... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/09/as-graffiti-mainstreams-will-government.html Grits for Breakfast: As graffiti mainstreams, will government create processes to sanction... I've been advocating for quite a while on Grits that government begin to identify blank, under-utilized portions of the city landscape - ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/08/graffiti-abatement-murals-target.html Grits for Breakfast: Graffiti Abatement: Murals target tagging hotspots Denver is experimenting with grants to local arts programs to create murals at graffiti hotspots, reports the Denver Post (" Programs give g... grits for breakfast graffiti abatement murals target tagging https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/11/gilbert-amezquita-gets-early-christmas.html Grits for Breakfast: Gilbert Amezquita gets early Christmas present from CCA Lots of great stuff coming out of the blog at the StandDown Texas Project , but especially Steve Hall's terrific coverage of the Gilbert Am... grits for breakfast early christmas gilbert https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/06/sticklands-warrants-for-cloud-content.html Grits for Breakfast: Stickland's warrants-for-cloud-content amendment continues to rack up media... Texas state Rep. Jon Stickland's amendment to HB 2268 requiring warrants for cloud-based email and other computer content held by third part... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/09/interpreting-new-ucr-crime-data-context.html?showComment=1506509590799 Grits for Breakfast: Interpreting new UCR crime data: Context is everything John Pfaff offers a sensible way to look at recent Uniform Crime Report data : Still near the bottom of a trough on crime rates, despite two... grits for breakfast crime data interpreting new https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/12/explaining-decline-in-harris-county.html Grits for Breakfast: Explaining the decline in Harris County death sentences grits for breakfast the decline harris county explaining https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/03/texas-supreme-court-chief-justice-backs.html Grits for Breakfast: Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice backs innocence, juvenile justice reforms Though the Texas Supreme Court only has jurisdiction over civil and juvenile justice cases, Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson spoke out in his... grits for breakfast texas supreme court https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/05/thanks-grits-readers-for-financial-leg.html?showComment=1179540240000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Thanks, Grits readers, for the financial leg up I just wanted to pause this afternoon to thank Grits for Breakfast readers for their generous response to the donation request this week an... grits for breakfast the financial thanks readers leg https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2020/01/dna-mixture-math-errors-discovered-in.html Grits for Breakfast: DNA mixture math errors discovered in 2015 weren't the first Grits this week revisited the 2007 " Bromwich report " regarding what then was the Houston PD crime lab while researching DNA-mixture eviden... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/02/saying-no-to-john-bradley.html?showComment=1265328555110 Grits for Breakfast: Saying "no" to John Bradley At a January 11 meeting of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, state Rep. Paula Piereson wryly asked one of the witnesses, arson exp... grits for breakfast saying no john bradley https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/06/terri-hodge-bribery-trial-begins-this.html?showComment=1249589149502 Grits for Breakfast: Terri Hodge bribery trial begins this month Embattled state Rep. Terri Hodge, a long-time criminal-justice reform advocate, drew a primary opponent this week, Dallas lawyer Eric Johnso... grits for breakfast terri hodge bribery trial https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-eldorado-case-expose-overwhelmed.html?showComment=1207843920000 Grits for Breakfast: Will Eldorado case expose overwhelmed Texas CPS system? To put it bluntly, it's unlikely the children from Eldorado who have been taken from their homes will end up better off if they are dumped i... grits for breakfast eldorado https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/12/smith-county-justice-gets-new-web.html Grits for Breakfast: Smith County Justice Gets New Web Watchdog Go say "Howdy" to SmithCountyJustice.org , a new website dedicated to "fighting injustice and corruption in Smith County, Texas." Regular re... grits for breakfast smith county new web justice gets https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/01/dont-underestimate-import-of-false.html Grits for Breakfast: Don't underestimate import of false arson convictions Maurice Chammah at the Texas Tribune has coverage of the arson review at the Texas Forensic Science Commission titled " Arson reviewers expe... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/05/bexar-probation-director-seeks.html?showComment=1180390440000 Grits for Breakfast: Bexar Probation Director Seeks Anonymous Employee Blog Commenters' Identity As part of an ongoing feud with his employees over whether the department will unionize, Bexar County probation director Bill Fitzgerald is ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-new-jim-crow-michelle-alexander-to.html?showComment=1348963974275&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander to speak in Houston Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of color-blindness, will appear next week at a speaking engag... the new jim crow grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/02/dmn-reports-tycs-pope-is-out.html?showComment=1202857080000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: DMN reports TYC's Pope is out I've heard rumblings all morning, and now The Dallas News is reporting that "Texas Youth Commission Acting Executive Director Dimitria Pope... grits for breakfast dmn reports tyc pope https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/harris-may-shift-juvie-boot-camp-to.html?showComment=1233419940000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Harris may shift juvie 'boot camp' to treatment model Juvenile justice researchers have known for a while now that juvenile "boot camps" don't reduce recidivism and create needless risks for yo... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/08/notable-innocence-coverage.html?showComment=1280774742592 Grits for Breakfast: Notable innocence coverage Three notable innocence-related stories today from the Houston Chronicle: Odds still against clearing inmates Protocol for the wrongly con... grits for breakfast notable innocence coverage https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/12/sunset-tycs-treatment-programs-failing.html?showComment=1229194380000 Grits for Breakfast: Sunset: TYC's treatment programs failing miserably Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series analyzing highlights from the Texas Youth Commission/Juvenile Probation Comission "Suns... grits for breakfast treatment programs sunset tyc failing https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/10/policymakers-seek-alternatives-to.html?showComment=1351859926263 Grits for Breakfast: Policymakers seek alternatives to police, ticketing for public-school... Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman had coverage of the joint Senate Criminal Justice/Education Committee meeting on school discipline (" Sena... grits for breakfast alternatives to policymakers seek https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-matter-with-plano.html?showComment=1215369480000 Grits for Breakfast: What's the matter with Plano? Has anybody else noticed the steady stream of ugly law enforcement scandals and allegations of corruption coming out in Plano recently, some... grits for breakfast the matter plano https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/schneier-faulty-war-on-terror-tactics.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Schneier: Faulty War on Terror tactics target the 'unique, unorthodox and... A wrong-headed reliance on citizen informants to combat the war on terror may have the unintended side effect of enforcing uniformity and cu... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-always-feel-like-somebodys-watching.html?showComment=1276536496211 Grits for Breakfast: I always feel like somebody's watching me It looks like Austin will become the next city to waste money on expensive anti-crime cameras that will never live up to the crime-reductio... grits for breakfast always https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/01/bronco-billy-humphrey-gone-from-tyc.html?showComment=1200620880000 Grits for Breakfast: "Bronco" Billy Humphrey Removed from TYC I heard this rumor this afternoon then got home to find it confirmed by the Dallas Morning News: The Texas Youth Commission's "Bronco" Billy... grits for breakfast bronco billy humphrey removed tyc https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/08/austin-police-say-photographers-should.html?showComment=1346185539171 Grits for Breakfast: Austin police say photographers should stay 50-60 feet from arrests Austin police are "working on guidelines" which would require "people filming the police to stay 50 to 60 feet away," reported the Austin... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/more-waiting-on-tyc-pepper-spray.html?showComment=1195709160000 Grits for Breakfast: More waiting on TYC pepper spray lawsuit outcome; Austin Chronicle piles on... The Texas Youth Commission was back in court today over pepper spray, but hadn't yet come to an agreement with Advocacy Inc. and Texas Apple... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/whitmire-tyc-employees-with-felonies.html?showComment=1177568160000 Grits for Breakfast: Whitmire: TYC employees with felonies should get "case by case" review More evidence the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing in reaction to the Texas Youth Commission scandals: I mentioned that T... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/03/most-larger-texas-cities-wrote-fewer.html?showComment=1355780534892 Grits for Breakfast: Most larger Texas police departments wrote fewer traffic tickets in 2011 I think we're unraveling a trend here. After the Dallas News reported the surprising news that the number of traffic tickets issued by Dalla... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/07/dea-refuses-help-in-forensic.html?showComment=1343486636204 Grits for Breakfast: DEA refuses help in forensic investigation for fear of affront to prosecutors As part of their investigation of the Austin PD crime lab, the Forensic Science Commission contacted the DEA lab in Dallas to ask them to r... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/03/warrants-for-stingrays-convictions-for.html?showComment=1426189437495 Grits for Breakfast: Warrants for stingrays, convictions for forfeitures, and other odds and ends Here are a few odds and ends to chew on while your correspondent is focused elsewhwere: Legislation filed by state Rep. Duane Bohac (HB 31... grits for breakfast and other warrants stingrays https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/05/are-crime-lab-reports-testimonial.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Are crime lab reports "testimonial" documents? SCOTUS will decide grits for breakfast crime lab https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-tyc-rules-make-more-kids-eligible.html?showComment=1182116640000 Grits for Breakfast: New TYC rules make more kids eligible for release Several new rules just took effect at the Texas Youth Commission that have received little attention and surprisingly no public comment sinc... grits for breakfast make more new tyc https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-judges-writing-tinged-with-despair.html?showComment=1471646208256 Grits for Breakfast: A judge's writing "tinged with despair" This is how it feels to serve as the resident voice of reason on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: grits for breakfast judge writing despair https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/01/federal-corruption-investigation.html Grits for Breakfast: Federal corruption investigation includes Harris County Jail contracts among... The local ABC station in Houston reports that an FBI corruption investigation "that could become public in a matter of weeks" has resulted ... grits for breakfast harris county jail https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/11/lbb-forum-on-tx-juvie-corrections.html Grits for Breakfast: LBB forum on TX juvie corrections populations Regrettably I missed the last LBB presentation on their uniform cost report, but there's another one this week related to juvenile justice, ... grits for breakfast lbb forum tx juvie https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/rec-education-make-up-small-portion-of.html?showComment=1276088083815 Grits for Breakfast: Rec, education make up small portion of commissary revenue How are Texas commissary revenues spent? I asked TDCJ under the Public Information Act and uploaded the details at this link . Of $94.9 mill... grits for breakfast make up https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/12/texas-jurors-sent-only-8-more-to-death.html Grits for Breakfast: Texas jurors sent only 8 murderers to death row in 2009 An Austin Statesman report about Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg's decision to seek the death penalty in the sexual assault and murder o... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/04/scotus-okays-strip-searches-in-lockup.html Grits for Breakfast: SCOTUS okays strip searches in lockup for any offense See SCOTUSBlog and the New York Times for inital coverage of the US Supreme Court's decision allowing strip searches of anyone, no matter ... grits for breakfast strip searches scotus https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/03/melee-at-federal-detention-center.html Grits for Breakfast: Melee at federal detention center possibly caused by mixing pretrial,... After a large-scale fistfight on Tuesday night in which 9 inmates and three staff were injured at the federal detention facility in downtown... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/08/exonerees-not-eligible-under.html?showComment=1313346467213 Grits for Breakfast: Exonerees not eligible under compensation statute face uphill climb in civil... A jury ruled against the plaintiffs , two Mexican nationals, in a federal civil rights suit out of Lubbock (discussed earlier in this Grits ... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/04/paltry-grits-posting-rate-masks-busy.html Grits for Breakfast: Paltry Grits posting rate masks busy time at #txlege For readers disappointed with the paltry recent posting rate here on Grits, I should mention that most of my writing these days is happening... grits for breakfast posting https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/05/rough-sledding-for-tdcj-board-nominees.html?showComment=1368185202808&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Rough sledding for TDCJ board nominees The Texas Senate Nominations Committee delayed another Rick Perry nomination to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice after rookie Sen. Syl... grits for breakfast rough sledding tdcj board https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/12/third-time-charm-new-tyc-conservator.html?showComment=1198805700000 Grits for Breakfast: Third time a charm? New TYC conservator appointed The Governor's first choices turned him down, but the Texas Youth Commission finally has a new conservator, Richard Nedelkoff, the third to ... grits for breakfast third time https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/07/wanna-buy-prison-private-prison-market.html Grits for Breakfast: Wanna buy a prison? Private prison market bursting leaves town desperate for... One named after a former Texas Speaker of the House, no less? At 11 a.m. today you get your chance. Reports AP : A prison that a Texas High... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/09/hour-to-take-different-road.html?showComment=1158807120000 Grits for Breakfast: Hour To Take A Different Road All good things must come to an end. Today I handed in my two weeks notice to the ACLU of Texas and will no longer be working for the organi... grits for breakfast hour take different road https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/01/blogrolling.html Grits for Breakfast: Blogrolling I've been readjusting Grits' blogroll over the last couple of weeks - adding new blogs and dropping some off both in preparation for the leg... grits for breakfast blogrolling https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/07/roundup-contested-alleged-suicide-of.html?showComment=1437675283058 Grits for Breakfast: Roundup: The contested, alleged suicide of Sandra Bland in the Waller County... Your preoccupied correspondent had not until this morning read the voluminous press surrounding Sandra Bland's untimely and unlikely suicide... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/08/montgomery-commissioner-reduce-number.html Grits for Breakfast: Montgomery commissioner: Reduce number of pretrial detainees More detail on Montgomery County commissioners clowning around on jail overcrowding instead of confronting its causes, mainly excessive pret... grits for breakfast montgomery commissioner reduce number https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/10/prosecutors-seek-to-thwart-post.html?showComment=1256071677635 Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutors seek to thwart post-conviction innocence claims I'm glad to learn that US Attorney General Eric Holder is reviewing a Bush Administration policy of securing plea waivers from federal defen... grits for breakfast post conviction prosecutors seek https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/09/dearth-of-small-government-candidates.html Grits for Breakfast: Dearth of small-government candidates in Court of Criminal Appeals races Of all the state elections up in 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals races haven't received nearly the attention they deserve. They're... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-eldorado-case-expose-overwhelmed.html?showComment=1207847100000 Grits for Breakfast: Will Eldorado case expose overwhelmed Texas CPS system? To put it bluntly, it's unlikely the children from Eldorado who have been taken from their homes will end up better off if they are dumped i... grits for breakfast eldorado https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-appropriate-sentence-for-official.html?showComment=1203561540000 Grits for Breakfast: What's the appropriate sentence for official corruption? Rooting out corrupt law enforcement would do more IMO to stymie drug cartel smuggling activity than all the interdiction tactics we can must... grits for breakfast appropriate sentence official corruption https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/09/pope-passing-buck-important-tyc.html?showComment=1189558920001 Grits for Breakfast: Pope passing the buck on important TYC decisions I just discovered this page of " recent directives " on the Texas Youth Commission website which previously escaped my notice. The theme of ... grits for breakfast the buck pope passing https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/deitch-on-texas-corrections.html Grits for Breakfast: Deitch on Texas corrections The Texas Tribune has published an interview with prison expert Michele Deitch from UT's LBJ School on subjects ranging from TYC to closing ... grits for breakfast texas corrections https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/06/tyc-facility-closures-announced.html?showComment=1307850499434 Grits for Breakfast: TYC facility closures announced Via a press release from youth advocacy groups, we learn which Texas Youth Commission facilities will be closed as part of the agency's cons... grits for breakfast facility closures tyc announced https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2017/06/keller-exoneration-warning-parable.html Grits for Breakfast: Keller exoneration a warning parable about witch hunts Congratulations to Fran and Dan Keller - an Austin couple accused of performing Satanic rituals and sexually abusing kids at their daycare a... grits for breakfast keller exoneration https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/08/tyc-in-news.html?showComment=1187582400000 Grits for Breakfast: TYC in the news Lots of TYC stories lately in the mainstream media and even the blogs: About 150 youths remain in TYC limbo Youth remain imprisoned despite ... grits for breakfast in the tyc news https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/01/interim-reports-from-house-committees.html?showComment=1296089372068 Grits for Breakfast: Interim reports from House committees posted online For those interested, check out the recently released interim reports from criminal-justice related Texas House committees: Corrections (... grits for breakfast interim reports house committees posted online https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/06/keystone-kops-at-crime-lab.html?showComment=1245339870874 Grits for Breakfast: "Keystone Kops at the Crime Lab" The title of this post is the headline from an excellent piece in Miller-McCune about problems at forensic crime labs, in which naturally t... grits for breakfast at the keystone kops crime https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/07/tulia-documentary-nominated-for-emmy.html Grits for Breakfast: Tulia documentary nominated for Emmy Following news that the "Tulia law" requiring corroboration for informants in undercover drug stings is still working as intended to prevent... grits for breakfast tulia documentary nominated emmy https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/12/active-death-penalty-explains-efficacy.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Active death penalty explains efficacy of Texas' junk-science writ There are three reasons that Grits expects the Lone Star State to emerge as the epicenter of forensic reform over the coming couple of decad... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/prison-ministry-group-thank-tyc-staff.html?showComment=1210469520000 Grits for Breakfast: Prison ministry group thanks TYC staff Thanks to the reader who sent me a link to the website of the Juvenile Justice Ministries of Texas, which is "a Christ-centered association... grits for breakfast prison ministry group thanks tyc https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/11/dallas-news-inexperienced-tyc-vendor.html?showComment=1195424880000 Grits for Breakfast: Dallas News: Inexperienced TYC Vendor Got No-Bid Contract Former state Rep. Arlene Wohlgemuth helped an inexperienced vendor with a troubled past get a no-bid contract with the Texas Youth Commissio... grits for breakfast dallas news https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2005/08/roundup-at-100000-visitors.html?showComment=1125341760000 Grits for Breakfast: Roundup at 100,000 visitors Sometime Monday morning, Grits for Breakfast will reach the 100,000 visitor mark (at least, counting from when I put a site meter on three ... grits for breakfast roundup visitors https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/01/grits-blakeslee-on-tulia.html?showComment=1233247680000&m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Grits, Blakeslee on Tulia It's been almost ten years since the infamous Tulia drug stings, but the fascination with and fallout from that unhappy case has yet to abat... grits for breakfast blakeslee tulia https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2005/01/red-light-cameras-cause-rear-end.html Grits for Breakfast: Red light cameras cause rear-end accidents The New York Times ran an article on the hot-button topic of red light cameras today, as the Texas Legislature gears up to address the issu... grits for breakfast red light cameras rear end cause accidents https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/07/why-do-you-think-these-stories-havent.html?showComment=1185225120000 Grits for Breakfast: Why do you think these stories haven't gotten MSM coverage? Here are several criminal justice stories I've covered recently on Grits for Breakfast that I thought would receive more play in Texas' main... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/12/joe-shannon-on-doing-justice.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Joe Shannon on 'doing justice' From outgoing Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Joe Shannon Jr.'s farewell message on the department's website : Having practiced ... grits for breakfast joe shannon justice https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2015/02/grand-jury-reform-beyond-eliminating.html?showComment=1423803032294 Grits for Breakfast: Grand jury reform: Beyond eliminating the pick-a-pal system The Houston Chronicle's Lisa Falkenberg - whose reporting on conflicts of interest in Houston grand juries involving shootings by police hel... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/06/out4life.html Grits for Breakfast: Out4Life An op ed column by state Rep. Jerry Madden and the former Virginia Attorney General in the Austin Statesman on Saturday begins with the fol... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/05/misleading-pr-initiative-by-dfps.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: Misleading PR initiative by DFPS muddies YFZ Ranch debate The Texas Department of Family Protective Services this week launched an aggressive public relations initiative to justify its raid on the Y... grits for breakfast https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/03/us-policies-worsen-out-of-control.html?m=0 Grits for Breakfast: US policies worsen out-of-control border This is nuts. We train Mexican anti-drug forces, the drug cartels hire them. We ban meth precursors, the drug cartels get richer. Beefed up ... grits for breakfast out of control us policies worsen