Articles by Jason

The police always take flak for their actions on the street. Police Departments all have policies designed to limit their liability in a lawsuit. However, the dirty little secret is that no policy manual can

KTRK ABC 13’s website has a story of a Brazoria County man with 9 previous convictions for driving while intoxicated getting a 75-year prison term. Keith Peltier got his first DWI conviction in 1986. His

On May 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Houston Police were on the scene of an accident when a suspected drunk driver injured HPD Officer Lloyd Morrison. Authorities said Officer Lloyd Morrison stopped to investigate

In a story that can only make one laugh, Mayor Bill White’s daughter’s car was towed as a result of his own program. Rushing to the scene of the burning Gallery Furniture warehouse Thursday as

While on the scene of this fire that made the news, there were many people taking pictures with their cell phone cameras. I ran into a Houston Firefighter taking pictures. He told me of his

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle reports that Channel 13’s undercover reporter Wayne Dolcefino pleaded no contest to charges of criminal trespass in Austin County: “KTRK (Channel 13) reporter Wayne Dolcefino will serve nine months

. . . which was research of the Batson challenge that led to the Chronicle story about DA Lykos publicly tossing two prosecutors under the bus. Click here to refresh your memory. Murray forked out

The District Attorney’s Office is in the Chronicle twice in one day. This article features an idea about forcing some defendants to go to trial regardless of their wishes. Now, usually when I agree with

District Attorney Lykos has publicly admonished two of her prosecutors for “negligently” striking seven black people from a jury pool during the jury selection process. Murray Newman’s brilliant explanation is here. I don’t know if