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Innocence legislation wending through process

It's the time of year at the Texas capitol that bills are dying left and right because they can't make it through the process in time. Bills originating in the House of Representatives, for example, are dead if they do not pass out of committee by Monday May 11 and the final House floor calendar including House bills (excepting local and consent) will be issued the next day. As such, there's a great deal of anxiety right now under the pink dome.Fortunately, quite a bit of legislation I've been working on for the Innocence Project of Texas is still alive and variously wending its way through the process. I spent a long, grueling day a the capitol yesterday waiting for the House of Representatives to adjourn so the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee could hear several pieces of innocence-related legislation at a hearing that didn't start until 10 p...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).