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Three Notable Developments Across the Pond

Mark Bennett | January 5, 2009

1. Anti-Social Behavior Orders (ASBOs)
From the Home Office’s website:

Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are court orders which [sic] forbid specific threatening or intimidating actions.
An ASBO can ban a person from:

threatening, intimidating or disruptive actions

spending time with a particular group of friends

visiting certain areas

ASBOs are in effect for a minimum of two years, and can be longer. [...]

Rescheduled From This Thursday

Mark Bennett | December 23, 2008

In yet another attempt at morale-building, Pat Lykos is ordering every Harris County assistant district attorney to attend her swearing-in ceremony on January 1, 2009.
January 1, 2009 is a county holiday.
Does anyone remember the boxing video game from the ’80s? You’d hit your opponent, and the machine would say “body blow! body blow!” and then [...]

Who Will Be Our Next D.A.?

Mark Bennett | January 2, 2008

The local Republican mucky-mucks met with Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal last week, asking him not to run for reelection. Chuck refused their request, announcing publicly that he is going to run and he is going to win. The party is interviewing potential candidates to run against Chuck. The filing deadline is 5 p.m. today, [...]