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Harris County civil judges sanctioned for shackling lawyers, irate courtroom outbursts

The Houston Chronicle, May 7, 2022

Judges in Harris County’s civil court have been sanctioned for behavior in courtrooms. During a trial, one allowed attorneys to be shackled while the other erupted into fits of rage.

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Court cases backlog: Dallas County commissioners at odds with judges over disposition rate

FOX 4 KDFW, May 3, 2022

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price presented local judges with data highlighting underperforming case records from local felony and misdemeanor judges. Price claims the underperforming case disposition rates could result in a $50 million loss of criminal justice grants from the state.

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‘Do your job,’ victim tells judge in Harris County’s slowest court

ABC 13, May 1, 2022

Fifteen Harris County judges resolved fewer felony cases during the pandemic, and all 23 courts have more pending cases now than when the COVID epidemic began. As of March, there were over 48,000 pending active cases in Criminal District Court.

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Nuclear Verdicts Create Litigation “Vortex” for Trucking Industry

Institute for Legal Reform, April 26, 2022
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DA Point Fingers Over Dallas Criminal Courts Backlog

Texas Metro News, April 25, 2022

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price blames DA John Creuzot’s office and local judges for the record backlog of criminal court cases. Dallas County criminal trials didn’t resume until April 2021, and cases still face a slow process with fewer cases each month.

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Harris DA’s office wants to suspend a self-described socialist judge accused of ‘indefensible bias’

MSN, April 20, 2022

The District Attorney’s Office in Harris County is seeking to suspend self-described socialist Judge Franklin Bynum after a nearly two-year-long feud over allegations he is prejudiced against prosecutors and gives too much leniency to defendants based on political ideology.

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Opinion: The problem begins with the judges, not the bail bondsmen

The Houston Chronicle, April 20, 2022

Before Harris County passed legislation requiring a 10% minimum bail on bonds for violent offenders, the lighter bond payments failed to protect the community or ensure they appeared in court.

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Backlog of criminal cases could cost Dallas County millions of dollars

KDFW FOX 4, April 19, 2022

Commissioner Price criticized local Dallas judges for insufficiently working during the pandemic and increased hiring for supervising ankle monitors. The current court backlog could cost the area millions of dollars as defendants remained in jail waiting for their day in court.

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Harris County District Attorney calls for recusal of judge; claims judge is partial to defendants in child sex abuse cases

KPRC 2, April 19, 2022

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office requested the recusal of Criminal Court Judge Jason Luong, who they believe is biased in favor of defendants in child sex abuse cases. Luong was recently removed from a retrial of a defendant after his personal opinions allegedly influenced the court sentence.

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Fallout mounts from Texas prosecutor’s moonlighting job as judicial clerk

Reuters, April 18, 2022

The conflicted arrangement was known to judges and at least two preceding district attorneys. It was uncovered publicly in 2019 when the current D.A. inadvertently found records showing Petty worked for the prosecution in a capital murder case against Clinton Young, while also working as a law clerk for the judge in the case.

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The Dallas County DA argued a judge’s impartiality could reasonably be questioned after she lowered a defendant’s bail considerably while his defense lawyer is one of her top campaign contributors, and then raised his bail after media reports about her rulings. Read and share: bit.ly/3lfQMzM ... See MoreSee Less

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Judge Chika Anyiam, of Criminal District Court 7, recused herself Monday from 10 felony cases against Julio Guerrero. A Dallas County judge who faced public scrutiny for lowering a murder suspect’s ...
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TLR General Counsel Lee Parsley joined the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform’s podcast to discuss nuclear verdicts in the trucking industry and what legislators can do to ensure that excessive lawsuits don't shut down this vital industry. Listen and share: bit.ly/3wjgKJ9 #trucking #lawsuit #LegalNews #courts ... See MoreSee Less

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Nuclear Verdicts Create Litigation "Vortex" for Trucking Industry

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TLR General Counsel Lee Parsley joined the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform podcast to discuss nuclear verdicts in the trucking industry and what legislators can do to ensure that excessive lawsuits don't shut down this vital industry. Listen and share: bit.ly/3wjgKJ9 ... See MoreSee Less

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