tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post6589645427401457665..comments2024-03-09T19:08:04.758-06:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: A Lesson From HistoryMurray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-10469577585261282122012-03-03T09:50:42.757-06:002012-03-03T09:50:42.757-06:00Rage, I have to say I agree with your first and se...Rage, I have to say I agree with your first and second post. <br /><br />Interestingly, Frank Briscoe's former First Assistant Sam Robertson was brought in by the Court of Appeals as a visiting judge to author the appeal in the Stern case. Is there any wonder why the illegal jury charge was upheld?<br /><br />At the time of the Stern incident, the CCP did not make it unlawful or otherwise prohibit a district attorney from disclosing GJ testimony. Rusty Hardin proceeded on the theory that it violated "tradition" not the law. The jury charge was undoubtedly illegal, but goes to show that when the powers that be want someone removed from office, a little thing like the law doesn't stand in their way.<br /><br />In 1993, a year after the Stern removal, the legislature changed the law on grand jury testimony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-88871520938153150532012-03-02T15:18:43.384-06:002012-03-02T15:18:43.384-06:00Damn Murray, that beats even my best hyperbole.
...Damn Murray, that beats even my best hyperbole. <br /><br />RageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-116824694522161582012-03-01T23:15:14.433-06:002012-03-01T23:15:14.433-06:00Re: Last couple posts. Too much drama...just f***...Re: Last couple posts. Too much drama...just f*****g vote!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-3758739262576506402012-03-01T21:52:57.513-06:002012-03-01T21:52:57.513-06:008:41 (Hoop)
Obviously you're referring to Lyk...8:41 (Hoop)<br /><br />Obviously you're referring to Lykos' reaction to losing...couldn't agree with you more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-23034270790352437502012-03-01T20:41:11.216-06:002012-03-01T20:41:11.216-06:00Anon 5:25pm
It will be a Kodiak moment to watch y...Anon 5:25pm<br /><br />It will be a Kodiak moment to watch you wipe your eyes as you realize that your lie's and falsehoods did not pay off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-87247346289941545322012-03-01T17:25:01.124-06:002012-03-01T17:25:01.124-06:00Rage, we're all getting excited because we can...Rage, we're all getting excited because we can now begin really working to get the house dropped on the wicked witch of 1201.<br /><br />It is going to be so much fun watching her fizzle away once the cold water of being defeated in the primary hits her between the eyes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-38471680695448296972012-03-01T17:20:51.907-06:002012-03-01T17:20:51.907-06:00Stern's removal was eventually upheld by the a...Stern's removal was eventually upheld by the appellate courts. A temporary replacement DA, John Healey, who had been a career prosecutor in the office for 10 years, was appointed by the presiding judge. John subsequently ran in the next election and was elected and still is the Fort Bend DA. It took him awhile to straighten out the mess left by the Stern affair. I recall it well. Healey hired me as the appellate lawyer for the office a few months after Stern's removal and I got to observe the aftermath of Stern's reign from close up.Sid Crowleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-330248254705439822012-03-01T16:08:46.372-06:002012-03-01T16:08:46.372-06:00Well, hell, Rage,
That's like being in Dallas...Well, hell, Rage,<br /><br />That's like being in Dallas on November 22, 1963 and saying "Can't y'all talk about something else?"Murray Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-59449642358375924082012-03-01T15:59:28.145-06:002012-03-01T15:59:28.145-06:00Be interesting to know what happened on appeal. S...Be interesting to know what happened on appeal. Sounds like there was an error in the charge (namely, that releasing the tapes was charged as illegal, when it isn't). I think it's even been discussed here that it's not illegal. Unethical? Maybe, maybe not. Contempt? Yep. But illegal? No.<br /><br />Y'all need to come down off of this anti-Lykos craze y'all have going on. There are a lot of issues to talk about in the criminal justice arena, and this one has been beat to death.<br /><br />RageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-67072468000806177662012-03-01T14:01:22.309-06:002012-03-01T14:01:22.309-06:00Recall this case very well.
"Jack Stern...Recall this case very well. <br /><br /><br />"Jack Stern's act sent shock waves through the state," she said. "This man, this mind, this morality is scary."<br /><br />The events associated with Lykos and the GJ is just as scary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-91951527419522875662012-03-01T13:54:34.943-06:002012-03-01T13:54:34.943-06:00A jury voted to kick Fort Bend County District Att...A jury voted to kick Fort Bend County District Attorney Jack Stern out of office, finding him incompetent and guilty of official misconduct. <br /><br />Presiding juror Susan Ray said Stern's release of grand jury testimony was the main reason behind the jury's near-unanimous decision. <br /><br />Bottom Line:<br />An individul who publishes secret Grand Jury testimony is unfit to serve as District Attorney. <br /><br />The various parties complicit in the multitude of Grand Jury leaks ought to be very concerned.BLACK INKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806198898618859706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-67884798809062879312012-03-01T10:00:33.890-06:002012-03-01T10:00:33.890-06:00Well if Lycos, RB and JL wore wires and disclosed ...Well if Lycos, RB and JL wore wires and disclosed the testimony then maybe there are grounds for removal. I know of 20 people not associated with the CJC who will sign the petition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-83230554724337724882012-03-01T08:32:15.981-06:002012-03-01T08:32:15.981-06:00I remember those events quite well and have often ...I remember those events quite well and have often thought about the similarities with the current administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com