Monthly Archives: March 2013
Texas Department Public Safety Lab Scandal – Cases Thrown Out
Nearly 5,000 cases “may all be jeopardized” by DPS lab worker misconduct Gritsforbreakfast (the best blog on Texas criminal law) reports that potentially all of the 4,944 cases worked by a since-discredited DPS crime lab worker may be thrown out, and this morning an appellate case summary posted at the prosecutors’ association agreed that those… Read More »
No Evidentiary Privilege for AA Fifth Step Confessions
They say that confession is good for the soul. The 12 step programs enshrine this idea in the Fifth Step, where the recovering alcoholic or addict “admits to God, ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” What if the penitent has committed a crime? Take, for example, Michael Skakel, a… Read More »