tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post2179408783407157993..comments2024-03-28T00:50:16.901-05:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: Progressive Prosecutors Need Help TooMurray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-74073213710892740412019-05-21T07:51:44.193-05:002019-05-21T07:51:44.193-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-34641049073547636672019-02-22T14:08:42.055-06:002019-02-22T14:08:42.055-06:00Everyone knew how stupid she was acting by getting...Everyone knew how stupid she was acting by getting rid of all her best people...except for her. Honestly that office reaps what it sows. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-78254061977747769332019-02-18T19:51:20.060-06:002019-02-18T19:51:20.060-06:00While I disagree and I do think we need more (comp...While I disagree and I do think we need more (competent) prosecutors... well, I can’t argue with this. “If you can't treat your current employees like real human beings you don't have any right to ask for more people to treat poorly.”<br /><br />Damn. Spot on. But Ogg has repeatedly shown she has ZERO intention of handling the Musick issue. So nothing will change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-49613496113412906582019-02-16T06:42:15.140-06:002019-02-16T06:42:15.140-06:00As a prosecutor in this office I feel like the who...As a prosecutor in this office I feel like the whole needing 100 new prosecutors thing is a giant red herring. Would it be nice if we had a reduced caseload? Sure. Have we lost more prosecutors over the last two years than Ogg is asking for now? Absolutely. It is miserable working at this office. I don't know anybody who isn't looking to quit. The idea that 25 new people would be hired directly into the felony trial bureau, and then likely promoted over people who have shown any sort of loyalty to this office, is sickening and shows the disconnect between this administration and its employees.<br /><br />I can't speak for everybody, but I work incredibly hard and rarely if ever feel like I can't handle it. The problem isn't working too hard, it's that there is no reward for hard work. Senior felony prosecutors sit in "break spots" waiting to get enough trials for promotion while people with less than a year of experience get promoted to felony and put in trial heavy courts. Lateral hires get promoted even when they have a terrible reputation and/or lose trials that should have been easy wins. Instead of helping move people around to get them trials the felony trial bureau chief changes evals to say they don't try hard enough even when she has never personally met these people and clearly doesn't understand how unreasonable that commentary is. If you can't treat your current employees like real human beings you don't have any right to ask for more people to treat poorly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-24228322309576871782019-02-15T08:46:33.475-06:002019-02-15T08:46:33.475-06:00Anon 4:43,
That's a load of bull feces and any...Anon 4:43,<br />That's a load of bull feces and anyone that looks up the numbers will find likewise. You sound like one of the bail bond company owners who are desperately trying to cling to the old system by any means possible, constitutional concerns be darned, to line your pockets. Those who are repeat offenders are a small percentage and not subject to the provisions of the PR bond settlement and only a few of the felony judges are dumb enough to let their robe go to their head.<br /><br />I'm with Ben Franklin and Voltaire (also Blackstone) when it comes to the casual willingness by some to lock people up using the smoke=fire argument apparently big at UH Law awhile back...“that generous Maxim, that ’tis much more Prudence to acquit two Persons, tho’ actually guilty, than to pass Sentence of Condemnation on one that is virtuous and innocent." If you remove the absurd (and unconstitutional) pressure placed on those misdemeanor suspects all but forced to accept a guilty plea for lack of a cash bond, the numbers of "guilty" drop rather quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-77291025100346650362019-02-13T04:43:41.180-06:002019-02-13T04:43:41.180-06:00Anon 8:27
Harris County ADAs are handling an insa...Anon 8:27<br /><br />Harris County ADAs are handling an insane number of cases because they keep releasing all the criminals. The criminals are getting caught again. And the ADAs release them again. And they get caught again. Wash, rinse, repeat. <br /><br />Try keeping the criminals in jail where they can't keep committing crimes over and over and your caseload will go down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-15233382814776681912019-02-12T20:27:43.307-06:002019-02-12T20:27:43.307-06:0010:36 They are 2 sides of the same coin. The crimi...10:36 They are 2 sides of the same coin. The criminal courts and ADAs are both drowning. Unfortunately, this is not new- money has always been scarce for the administration of justice. When was the last time either a new felony court was added or the DAs office budget significantly increased? Here’s a hint- Harris County was much smaller. Now, the DAs office budget is somewhere around that of Baytown PD and the courts are still struggling to get their own building. It’s an absurd bottleneck.<br />TriggerMortis: WTH are you talking about? Did you even read the post? Harris county ADAs are handling an insane number of cases- we are pretty much at the bottom of the top 20 counties in the nation. This is a bad thing for everyone- defendants, victims, defense attorneys, the public, everyone!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-81933370028460840202019-02-12T15:37:22.810-06:002019-02-12T15:37:22.810-06:00When a republican DA is elected they'll use th...When a republican DA is elected they'll use the additional 100 assistants to aggressively prosecute anything they can find. Ogg should realize the consequences further down the road, even if they are unintentional. TriggerMortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488782801153643342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-84507864151057332252019-02-12T04:55:59.974-06:002019-02-12T04:55:59.974-06:00Maybe if Ms. Ogg and company did less to run off s...Maybe if Ms. Ogg and company did less to run off so many prosecutors when she took office, the resulting wave of "anyone with a heartbeat" newcomers would be able to be brought up to speed faster. The reality is, you learn on the job and replacing those with decades of experience is impossible-we all know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-12564994670183232622019-02-11T22:40:59.739-06:002019-02-11T22:40:59.739-06:00Anon 10:36 p.m.,
Here's a fun fact:
Neither ...Anon 10:36 p.m.,<br /><br />Here's a fun fact:<br /><br />Neither one of those things is going to happen.Murray Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-24591729776596094142019-02-11T22:36:05.299-06:002019-02-11T22:36:05.299-06:00Harris county needs a new courthouse before it add...Harris county needs a new courthouse before it adds a hundred new ADA's. Sorry, but it should be common sense for any of us who work there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-23011084145791249182019-02-11T22:33:15.269-06:002019-02-11T22:33:15.269-06:00Well Audia Jones has filed a designation of treasu...Well Audia Jones has filed a designation of treasurer for Harris County District Attorney. Nice of her husband the judge of the 180th to be willing to resign if she wins. Since his wife would be the plaintiff in every case in his court he could not serve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-52560258893210319822019-02-11T16:08:11.916-06:002019-02-11T16:08:11.916-06:00What will Ogg do when Darrell Jordan challenges he...What will Ogg do when Darrell Jordan challenges her in the primary and Rachel Hooper, formerly Palmer runs against her in the general? Run to the left in the primary and to the right in the general?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com