Sworn Testimony of Officer that Policy is to Turn Off Camera During Training The New York Times reports, “[a]nother university officer who arrived shortly after the shooting, Eric Weibel, wrote in his report that Officer Tensing had told him that ‘he was being dragged by the vehicle and had to fire his weapon,’ and that ‘Officer Tensing stated that he was almost run over.’ A third officer, he wrote, said he had seen Officer Tensing being dragged.” In every kind of criminal case from speeding tickets to murder, any witness is capable of testifying to something that is not true. This can happen for a variety of reasons, but the most frightening is that some witnesses have a belief that
Read more →Texas Criminal Legislative Update: March 23, 2015 The 84th Texas Legislative Session is in full-swing in Austin, and you may want to know what new laws our legislators are considering and which old laws might get a facelift. Two controversial gun bills were passed out of the Texas Senate this week, along party lines. SB 11 by Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) would allow licensed students on public university campuses to carry concealed handguns; private universities would be permitted to opt out. SB 17 by Senator Craig Estes (R-Grandbury) would allow open carry in public by licensed gun owners. This Session Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston) has filed two important bills related to juveniles and the justice system. SB 106 aims to clean up previously-passed juvenile
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