In yet another example of unprofessionalism among legal professionals, a Waller County DA allegedly made threats to a member of the cloth. Rev. Walter Pendleton alleged that after he requested information on prosecution rates by ethnicity in the county northwest of Houston, the prosecutor became abusive in text messages sent May 28. “Don’t ever call
“Go out back and I’ll just beat your ass.” These were the words of Judge John C. Murphy in Brevard County Florida, who was displeased with Assistant Public Defender Andrew Weinstock for zealously representing his client. “If I had a rock I would throw it at you right now…SIT DOWN!” Another gem that was hurled
According to a report commissioned by the city, more than 20,000 burglary, theft, assault and hit-and-run cases were not investigated in 2013. When I stumbled onto this story the explanation given was that HPD is understaffed. This may be some of the reason this happened, but I am not buying that this is the only
The 14th Court of Appeals reversed Jaime Arturo Zamora’s 2011 capital murder conviction this week. Why? Common sense – you can’t sustain a conviction based solely on the testimony of people who are already in trouble. There was no evidence connecting him to the shooting except testimony of his alleged accomplices. Zamora was serving life
