Mary Madewell and the Paris News report that Toby Shook has been assigned as special prosecutor in the murder cases of Shannon Finley and Ryan Crostley. Finley and Crostley are accused of murdering Brandon McClelland, whose body was presumably run over by a pickup truck. This comes after Lamar County...
Washington, D.C. – (July 15, 2008) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will hold panel discussions on wrongful convictions and DNA exonerations this Saturday, July 19. The event will consist of two discussion panels, one featuring three Texas exonerees and one featuring Michigan Congressman John Conyers, state Senator Rodney Ellis, District Attorney...
Folks are often trying to tell me how the court system usually gets it right and how there is really much racial disparity there these days. Well if justice were blind, wouldn’t Dallas County be freeing more white folks by way of DNA evidence? You know that chick (Justice) is...
Land Development, Homeownership, Juvenile Justice System, Substance Abuse and the Return of New Orleanians on Summit Platform Dallas, TX – April 18, 2008 – Faith Formula Human Services is poised to keep the focus on poverty conditions in America. To this end, United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Dr....
What can you say but…..man. As I went through my morning routine checking news sites I saw a disturbing headline at DallasNews.com: Two found fatally shot at former DART chairwoman’s home. The News reports that Rufus Shaw died of a self inflicted gun shot wound. The story by Dave Levinthal...
Craig Watkins You can read the recent post below outlining what Texas Monthly says about Craig Watkins, naming the Dallas Co. District Attorney "Impact Player of the Year ." I remember Watkins campaigning for DA 5 years ago when no one, including myself, thought he had much of a chance. ...
(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,...
Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt scored a major political victory when she and TrinityVote secured over 80,000 signatures to force a referendum to alter the tollroad portion of the Trinity River project. Dallas City Secretary Deborah Watkins certified the signatures, and a November vote will allow Dallas voters decide the...
Here's something new for Dallas South readers. I'm going post 5 links to stories from the previous week that I didn't have time to reference but you may want to check out. I'm calling it Dallas South Rewind. Enjoy 1. Kelly Renfrow of the Dallas Morning News talks about life...
