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    WHY EVERY TEXAN WHO LOVES LIBERTY MUST FIGHT THE ABOMINATION CALLED “RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY”

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

    Friends- I dont remember the year. Maybe it was 2005. Anyway, the Legislature was considering a bill regarding reciprocal discovery. The Bill called for the following exchange:

    -Da’s would provide copies of police reports (offense reports) to the Defense.

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    Are Judges Who Appoint Lawyers to More than 300 felonies a Year Violating the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct?

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    Friends-   Attached please find the 2012 Harris County Auditors Report for Court Appointments in Criminal District Courts.
     The ABA Standard  is very clear. It states that a lawyer who does felony appointments, and only felony appointments, should handle no more
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    WHY BABIES MUST CARRY GUNS TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE!

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    After a 2013 school shooting, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, proposed the “Model School Shield Program”.The“Model School Shield Program” called for Congress to put armed guards in all of our 98,817 public schools.In other words, Wayne’s solution …

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    Could you handle 284 Juvenile Cases in 291 days?

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    Friends- How we treat juveniles in this system is as disgraceful as anything I have ever seen.

    It is one thing to provide ineffective assistance of counsel to adults. It is an entirely different and more odious thing to provide …

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    It takes a Great Person to Make a Great Judge

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    I readily admit that I am an outspoken critic of the criminal justice system. I think it our duty as participants to do our best to make the system better. To me, that means I should do my best …

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