Blog posts June 2010

Sat to Sat, Vestige of Privacy

Here Comes the Rubber Stamp Judge

US Beats Out China But Don’t Cheer

Dead Bodies on Doorsteps

Have you ever sat a death watch for a loved one?  Sat for hours with the dead?  I highly recommend it.

When my grandmother was dying, I felt so useless.  She was in a hospital where others tended most of her needs.  But still, I was there 18-20 hours/day for the last couple of weeks; shared duty w…

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Small World

Just before marrying, a couple finds out they’ve crossed paths as toddlers; documented via family photos.  Sweet story indeed and it goes to show the world is really small in some ways.

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Mustard Gas Dredged Up

Dead Dogs

It is now “illegal” in Texas to neglect dogs by failure to get extraordinary veterinary care for dogs (owner care is inherently insufficient); to admit one breeds and sells dogs; to preserve dead dogs as is done by veterinarians until disposal.

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Another Texas Taser Death

Chased and tased and dead in Waller County.  No real details available yet.  No doubt someone will be reminding us what a great "non-lethal" tool electroshock weapons are for law enforcement when the details do come.  And, of course, it will be the victim's fault for dying if he has some pre-existin…

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More Cell Phone Surveillance Coming

Good Intentions and Dumbass JPs

"I believe Mr. Vonda started out with good intentions," said Judge Hale.  "But at this point he is in over his head and cannot care for these animals properly."  Properly?  WTF??  What the hell kind of standard is that?  It damned sure doesn’t look like any standard set forth in Texas statutes, tha…

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250 Incidences of Abuse Behind Gov’t Doors

250 cases of abuse”: choked, beaten at facilities.  “Workers at a center for distressed children provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight of biting and bruising as staffers laughed, cheered and promised the winners a precious prize: after-school snacks”

“The fight was one…

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HPD's Rookie Rapist?

Double Jeopardy or Not

What does Double Jeopardy mean if they can still try you all over again years after an acquittal?  I won’t begin to claim to understand the fine points of criminal law since my practice was all in civil law but, of course, law school forced me to learn the basics and this case that Harris County pro…

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Will That Microchip Get Your Pet Home?

The lady wants to surrender her dog.  She says she's the owner and the shelter takes the dog.  The shelter scans the dog and finds a microchip and checks it out.  GOOD SHELTER!  The shelter finds out the dog really belongs to a rescue, a rescue that retains ownership when placing dogs in forever hom…

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FL 261 Update, Killing to Rescue

The Florida 261, Another Rescue Group Attacked

A dime bag of oregano.  In “A Few Good Men”, the attorney for the guy who bought and smoked a dime bag of oregano plea bargains it down to a “C Misdeamonor” and 15 days restricted duty as the punishment.  That scene makes me angry every time I see it.  The attorney refers to his client being an “idi…

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