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    2014
    The Elevator Ride that Went Sideways

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

    Friends-

    Last week I  came through the tunnels to get to into the criminal courthouse. I waited with a growing number of folks in line for one of the two elevators in the basement of the criminal court. A young …

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    23
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    My Christmas Wish: May Our Judges Find a Leader Among Them Who Will Speak for the Poor

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

    Friends-  As we enter into the Christmas Holidays, there are 8 to 10,000 souls  in the Harris County Jail tonight. Not all these folks need to spend the Holidays locked up,  behind bars, and  away from their loved ones.  A  good …

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    12
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    Remembering Victor Blaine: A Great Lawyer, A Great Man, An Eagle.

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

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    I learned yesterday the  sad news that  Victor Blaine  passed away.  I am very sad for his family. I am also very sad  for the entire Houston legal community. Victor’s death is a painful loss for  all of us …

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    27
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    Harris County Texas: Where the Innocent Must Plead Guilty to Regain Their Liberty

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

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     This letter will be delivered to the 15 Harris County Criminal Court Judges tomorrow.

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    November 26, 2013

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    21
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    Texas: Where it’s Better for 10 Innocent Men to Go to Prison, than for 1 Guilty Man to go Free!! Yee Ha!!! Hang Em High!!!

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

    Scene: Somewhere in  the Texas Hill Country. A Giant Well Appointed Country House sits  above a beautiful sprawling ranch. Workers are everywhere busily adding  improvements. The owner, an older man of extreme wealth and  Power sits comfortably in his rocking …

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