Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
Release on Bail After 90 Days, If You Cannot Afford It
As we have pointed out , the wealth-based cash bail system has an iron-fisted grip in Texas that favors those who can afford to…
Abolishing The Death Penalty During Time of COVID
The United States carried out seventeen executions during the pandemic year 2020. Seven of those executions were carried out by five states (Texas, Georgia,…
25,000 Years; The Staggering Cost Of Wrongful Convictions
The National Registry of Exonerations (“NRE”) is a combined project of the University of Michigan Law School, Michigan State University College of Law, and…
Greg Abbott and Republican Bail “Reform”
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott does not like the constitutional right to bail. Under Article 1, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution’s Bill of Rights,…
Courts Use Legal Procedure to Deny Justice for Wrongfully Convicted
Justice delayed is indeed justice denied. Lamar Johnson has seen justice delayed for more than a quarter of a century, and to this day…
Doctrine of Qualified Immunity Has Become Total Immunity for Police Abuse
Qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine created in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court. This doctrine provides public officials—most notably law enforcement officers—with a…
Arkansas Probably Did Execute An Innocent Man
In a January 28, 2020 post titled “Is Arkansas Governor Responsible for Execution of Innocent Man,” we pointed to the fact that Arkansas Gov.…
Another Police Killing Demands George Floyd Act Reforms
The Texas Legislature convened on January 12, 2021. In a January 19, 2021 post , we pointed out that Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) had…
Watkins v. State: Disclosure in Criminal Discovery is Now the Rule in Texas, Non-Disclosure the Exception
Pretrial discovery in criminal cases in Texas is governed by Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The Texas Legislature enacted the…
Chauvin Verdict is Rare Step Towards Accountability
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd both intentionally and negligently on May 25, 2020, so said the jury. The jury’s verdict…
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