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Cop Watch: Nightmare as Innocent Woman Discovers She’s Named on Registered Sex Offender List

Stigma. According to Webster’s Dictionary, it’s “…[a]ny mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.” Right now, no one knows the meaning of being stigmatized better than Rachel Marquez, a Dallas single mother of two, 20 years old, working on her college degree. What happened…

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights |

Corrupt Cops: Proposed Law sets the Texas Rangers upon Corrupt Cops Statewide

Dallas State Senator John Carona has been a busy guy — he’s drafted a bill that is about to go before the entire Texas Senate which, if passed into law, will create a special division of the elite Texas Rangers. What will this special division do? Their entire mandate will be to track down and…

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Corrupt Cops |

Cop Watch: Texas Police Chief Tasers His Own Wife

About 100 miles south of Dallas is the little Texas town of Oakwood, and as of Monday night they’re looking for a new top cop. Seems their old police chief was arrested and fired on Monday after he was charged with aggravated assault and jailed over in Leon County, Texas. What did the police chief…

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch |

Cop Watch: Watch Dallas Police Officer Pull Over Texan Running Back While Mother in Law is Dying

Nothing tells this story like this video. Listen to Moats’ voice. Listen to Powell’s voice. “Shut your mouth.” Watch the nurses try to help and the cop ignoring them. This should make you very mad, and very scared the next time you see some flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Our condolences to the Moats…

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch |

JUDGE WATCH: Court of Criminal Appeals Chief Justice Sharon Keller Wants the State to Pay for Her Attorney

First things first: here is the actual response that Chief Justice Sharon Keller has filed in her defense to the trial proceedings before the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct (for details, see earlier post). Please, take the time to go read that .pdf document. Heck, you might even want to print it. Why? Justice Keller…

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Judge Watch |

Dallas Drug Case Dismissed

Dallas Methamphetamine Case Dismissed

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Case Results, Criminal Law Blog |

Court Opinions: Court of Criminal Appeals Says Andre Thomas May Be "Crazy" (Duh) But He's Sane Enough for Death

Warning – this is gruesome stuff here…. Andre Thomas is 26 years old, and he’s living on Texas’ Death Row for the killing of his wife’s 13-month old daughter. His wife and their 4 year old son were also murdered by Andre during this violence. Each victim was stabbed and then their hearts were ripped…

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Court Opinions |

Cop Watch: Galveston Cops Disciplined For Excessive Force On Wedding Guests

One 19-year-old kid, some beer, and 30 Galveston cops … mix well, and get a wedding fiasco and police suspensions. Oh, and the arrest of Houston Astros’ pitcher Brandon Backe…. Galveston Wedding Makes National News Thirteen cops just got suspended for their over-zealous behavior at a Galveston wedding last year, and it’s making the national…

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch |

Jail Watch: Houston Chronicle Releases Report on Jailer's Smuggling Contraband Goods Into Prisons

The Houston Chronicle has just published the results of its looksie into Texas prisons and how commonplace it is for goods to be smuggled behind bars to the prisoners or inmates. It’s pretty darn common. Surprise, surprise. The Houston Chronicle Reports on Contraband Discovered When Jailers Were Caught Now, all the Chronicle is reporting about…

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Jail Watch |

Cop Watch: Tenaha Police Highway Robbery Scheme Subject of Fed Class Action Suit

Tenaha is a small Texas town, but it’s on a big traffic route. It sits smack dab in the pathway between Houston and Louisiana’s gambling spots, on US 59 – a highway that’s also known to be a major route for drugs being transported up from Mexico to the South and Midwest. Lotsa cash in…

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, DA Watch |

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