The NAACP issued the following press release urging citizens to pressure Congress to step up recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast region. The Issue: In the next few days, Congress will return from recess with 60 days to decide on the 2008 Federal Budget, including continuing funds for Gulf Coast...
Last week I came across the plight of Kenneth Foster, a man on Texas' Death Row for a crime that was committed in his presence. Eddie Griffin (visit Eddie's blog here), has been keeping me up to speed on efforts to stop Kenneth's execution which...
Mike Davis at Dallas Progress posts a great story of city government doing actually doing something for the public good. On Saturday morning, Mayor Tom Leppert, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, Sheriff Lupe Valdez and others held a press conference during a drug house demolition in the 2500 block of...
Below is an opinion editorial that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins wrote in response to a recent editorial in the Dallas Morning News. In response to the editorial, “One, Two, 68, 483: County’s wishful budgeting doesn’t add up,” published in the Dallas Morning News on August 3, 2007,...
(DALLAS – August 9, 2007) – Today, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office investigators, in conjunction with the county’s Community Supervision and Corrections Department Absconder Unit and the Dallas Police Department, apprehended and arrested the first felony probation absconder from its “Top 20 Most Wanted” list. The probation absconder, Karen Bomar,...
View From the Bench – Jena Louisiana Revisited There has been a lot on the net and the blog world regarding the case of six African-American youth in Jena, Louisiana known as The Jena Six. I've written about it here as well, but I thought it would be good to...
According to Howard Witt and the Chicago Tribune, a Texas appellate court on Thursday let stand the conviction of ShaQuanda Cotton. Many of you remember ShaQuanda who was convicted and sentenced for shoving a hall monitor at school. See Howard Witt's Chicago Tribune Story here. A few excerpts from...
17 years-old consensual sex with a 15 year old convicted of aggravated child molestation 28 months in prison and counting 56 years-old outing a CIA official (allegedly) convicted of lying and obstruction of justice sentence commuted by the President (zero jail time) ANY QUESTIONS??? The contrast in justice for...
Howard Witt, who brought national attention to possible black racial bias in Paris, TX and Jena, Louisiana, has a different type of story that will run in Sunday's Chicago Tribune (or is it different?). See Witt's Sunday article here . Witt reports on the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher...
CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON TO PRESENT YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION SUMMIT On Saturday, June 9th, Congresswoman Johnson will be presenting a Youth Crime Prevention Summit in Dallas, Texas. This event will consist of two panels that will explore the challenges that young people face and discuss programs that offer positive alternatives and constructive...
