Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of the state’s highest criminal court, will not be removed from the bench following a trial and review by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
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TribBlog: AG Says Posthumous Pardons Possible
A posthumous pardon is possible after all, according to an opinion from Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office. This clears the way for the possible post-death pardon of Tim Cole, who was exonerated of a sexual assault conviction in a Travis County court last year, but had died in prison many years prior.
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TribBlog: Northwestern U. Investigation Hits Home
I received a letter this week from my alma mater, Northwestern University, notifying me that my notes, records, interviews — even my grades — from my senior year investigative journalism class were subject to a subpoena by the state of Illinois.
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Health care
TribBlog: Have Tx Medical Malpractice Caps Failed?
Medical malpractice liability caps Texas lawmakers installed in 2003 have failed to improve the state’s health care system, according to a Public Citizen report released today.
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TribBlog: A Felony For You, a Felony For Me
Criminal justice blogger Scott Henson is reporting on Grits For Breakfast that lawmakers put 59 new felonies on the books during the last legislative session.
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Health care
Rat Race
A bill lawmakers passed to prevent doctors and attorneys from so-called “ambulance chasing” faces a constitutional challenge from — who else? — a chiropractor and a lawyer.
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Help Wanted
More than two-dozen people have asked Gov. Rick Perry to appoint them to replace former Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister, who resigned recently to return to private practice.
