Inside a Bizarre Case of (Alleged) Judicial Impersonation in Dallas
In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.
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In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.
Although there are laws on the books preventing certain people from possessing guns, there are few places in the state where the criminal justice system has programs to hand over firearms to law enforcement — leaving survivors at a heightened risk for gun violence.
I guess the Wild West still lives in Texas’ courtrooms, and let’s not even talk about gun laws there.
Not really the go-to method to manage a courtroom.
AUSTIN - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has publicly reprimanded a judge in Harris County for reportedly having two lawyers on two separate occasions escorted to the jury box and shackled.