Disturbing video of Aransas County, Texas Judge William Adams abusing his teenage daughter. After watching some of that (I couldn't watch the whole thing), you may be happy to learn that the statute of limitations on felony injury to a child runs until ten years after the child turns 18. [I had it in my head that the child was 14 at the time of the assault.

Here (PDF) is the order requiring one of two Harris County prosecutors to appear before the 185th District Court, along with two grand-jury court reporters, next Mondayto show cause why he should not be held in contempt and/or sanctioned under the Court's inherent powers for (1) violating this Court's October 18, 2011, order denying the Harris County District Attorney access to the Harris County Grand Jury for

In Harris-County-Prosecutor Land, there is a strong current of belief that Kelly Siegler a) should have won the 2008 Republican Primary instead of Pat Lykos; b) should be DA now; and c) should challenge Lykos for the position in 2012. Prosecutors who don't find the Lykos DA's Office as amiable a place to work as the Rosenthal DA's Office was see Siegler as their white knight, poised

(A chronology of Breath Alcohol Testing, or BAT, Vans in Houston. To be updated as more information comes in. If you have a suggestion for the timeline, please leave it in the comments.) November 2007: Houston City Council approves $250,000 expenditure for six "BAT Lab" vans (in February 2008 the story was at <https://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou071114_tj_mobiledwi.44e23db.html>; it is no longer). 20 November 2010: An HPD BAT Van is working

From page 26 of Joseph Rakofsky’s sworn Affidavit in Support, between his Notice of Motion and his Amended Complaint (OCRed copy of all 347 pages here, 55.4MB):MOTION FOR SANCTIONS131. On or about May 9, 2011, plaintiffs retained Richard Borzouye, Esq. to represent them in this matter.132. Richard Borzouye has breached various rules of professional conduct, deviated from standards of care, and otherwise acted wrongfully, causing damages and

The criminal-defense lawyer's Christmas that started last week with a grand jury going rogue and evicting the prosecutors while investigating possible wrongdoing in connection with HPD's Breath Alcohol Testing, or BAT, vans, continues today with Pat Lykos giving the Houston Police Department a vote of no confidence:Lykos tells us she still doesn't know what went wrong inside that grand jury room last week that nearly led to

"Amy Reynolds" of WUFSD to me: I saw that your website https://www.bennettandbennett.com has accepted guest posts in the past and I would like to write one for you as well. I looked at your site, but I did not see a link to any submission criteria for guest posts. If I missed it, I apologize. . . . . . Best regards,Amy ReynoldsEmail: Amy ReynoldsOutreach CoordinatorWebmasters United

Today:I saw that your website https://blog.bennettandbennett.com has accepted guest posts in the past and I would like to write one for you as well. I looked at your site, but I did not see a link to any submission criteria for guest posts. If I missed it, I apologize.I am willing to write an article for your website on any topic you choose. In exchange for the

An Iranian man makes contact with a pretend Mexican killer, and arranges for the killing of the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.; the Iranian man makes it clear to his contact, who is to participate in the killing, that people in Iran were backing the plot.It is plain to me, reading the complaint in the Arbabsiar case, that whoever was behind the arrangements to kill the Saudi

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 62.003 provides: (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the department is responsible for determining whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the laws of this state. (b) The department annually