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Remembering Jeff Blackburn
Published: The Defender / 2023, Vol 1
Letter to the Editor: Remembering Jeff Blackburn: Texas attorney who exonerated dozens, exposed Tulia drug bust
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 17, 2023
Opinion: Harris County’s criminal justice system is truly criminal
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 23, 2022
Opinion: Houston law enforcement did what Uvalde police failed to do
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 15, 2022
Letter to the Editor: Gun laws
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 21, 2022
Letter to the Editor: Honoring the fallen
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 15, 2021
Opinion: Many Texas judges acting inhumanely
Published: Voice for the Defense / May 13, 2020
Minimal Standard
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 1, 2019
Crossing the Rubicon: History of HCCLA Judicial Misconduct Complaints
Published: The Defender / Fall 2019
Judges and justice
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 23, 2019
Thank You to Our Organizers for State Declaration Readings
Published: Voice for The Defense / July 2019
Just Do The Right Thing
Published: The Defender / Spring 2019
2019 Judicial Suggestions
Published: The Defender / Spring 2019
Court appearances
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 19, 2019
Remembering Racehorse: A Tribute to Richard “Racehorse” Haynes
Published: The Defender / Spring 2018
No Excuses
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 28, 2018
Bail Bonds
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 9, 2017
Thank you to All Declaration Reading Local Leaders
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 25, 2017
A Tough Sell
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 28, 2016
Harris County: Your Self-Praise Stinks
Published: Reasonable Doubt / April 22, 2016
Jury Determines the Victim
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 12, 2016
Coercion and Indigence
Published: Reasonable Doubt / October 7, 2015
Deadly Force and HPD
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 21, 2015
Effect Change
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 14, 2015
Harris County Texas: Where the Innocent Must Plead Guilty to Regain Their Liberty
Published: Fickmanlaw Blog / November 26, 2013
Press Forward
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 28, 2013
We Must Change Harris County’s Shameful Appointment System Now
Published: Fickmanlaw Blog / January 24, 2013
Stop the Prosecutorial Misconduct
Published: The Houston Chronicle / December 31, 2011
Clogging the Courts
Published: The Houston Chronicle / December 13, 2011
Prosecutors and liberty
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 21, 2011
Reading the Declaration of Independence
Published: Voice for the Defense / July/August 2011
The Blame Game
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 14, 2011
Clearly Disguised
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 10, 2011
Police act caught on video: Linked to past
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 10, 2011
The death penalty-debate: Looking Forward
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 9, 2011
Robb Fickman’s Judicial Christmas Wish List
Published: The Defender / Winter 2010
Attacks on Fine are unfair
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 25, 2010
Judges Must Act to End Jail Overflow
Published: Houston Chronicle Outlook / August 9, 2009
Pretrial Release Bonds: One Way to Put the Harris County Plea Mill Out of Business
Published: The Defender / Spring 2009
Robb Fickman’s Judicial Christmas Wish List
Sent to all Harris County Judges on November 29, 2008
Thoughtless Justice
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 19, 2008
Using an Expert in an Accident Case
Published: The Defender / Fall 2007
Vital public access channel
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 30, 2007
In Defense of Atticus Finch
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 10, 2007
Message from the President regarding Dedication of the United States Constitution
Published: The Defender / Spring 2007
Message from the President regarding Jail Overcrowding
Published: The Defender / Winter 2006
Message from President regarding the War on the Constitution
Published: The Defender / Fall 2006
Message from the President regarding Problems with Criminal Justice System in Harris County
Published: The Defender / Summer 2006
Friends-
The reading of the Declaration means different things to different people. I can only tell you what it means to me.
For me, When we read the Declaration of Independence, we declare that we continue to stand united against …
Fifteen years ago, I organized a group of fellow Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) members, and we defiantly read the Declaration of Independence at the courthouse. We sought no permission. We stood with our backs to the courthouse. We …
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According to today’s Houston Chronicle, a man from Milwaukee spent 47 days in jail because of a case of mistaken identity. To be fair, the mistaken identity issue is hard to follow. Still, our criminal justice system failed …