Grits for Breakfast
This blawg covers "the political, economic and social consequences of crime, punishment and justice in the Lone Star State, from police searches at traffic stops to the county jail, the courts, the prison system, community supervision, and everything they influence. Welcome to Texas justice: You might beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride."
Author: Scott Henson is a freelance political consultant in Austin, Texas. Among his clients is the Innocence Project of Texas.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Death Penalty • Legislation & Lobbying • States • Texas • Consultant • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Grits for Breakfast
- Bradley seeks closed meetings, records for Forensic Science Commission
- A "perverse" position on prosecutors fabricating evidence ... by the Obama Administration
- More detail on scent lineup case headed to Texas CCA
- Travis County jail expansion results in few new beds
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will hear arguments on dog-scent evidence
- Reduce pretrial detention to stave off jail overcrowding
- Prison Legal News sues TDCJ over book censorship
- Hump Day Roundup
- Ramshaw, Tribune tackle TYC mental illness discharges, restraint of disabled kids at school
- More litigation, disapprobation for dog 'scent lineups'