Effective Solutions for the Texas Criminal Justice System
Newspaper Op-Eds
May 25, 2005 Austin American Statesman "Texas would be safer if we fixed our probation system" May 25, 2005 Austin American Statesman "Bradley: Probation 'reform' bill will end up costing us" May 25, 2005 Corpus Christi Caller Times "We need to strengthen Texas' probation system" April 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle "RIP: Harris County drug task force" April 22, 2005 Amarillo Globe News "Probation a beneficial alternative to incarceration" March 26, 2005 Houston Chronicle "For good reason, local judges revoke some probations" March 19, 2005 Houston Chronicle "Probationers don't stand a chance: Put checks on judges" March 6, 2005 New York Times "Martha Stewart Living Free" February 23, 2005 Austin American Statesman "Texas can toss fewer criminals into prison" February 13, 2005 Austin American Statesman "Finally, Texas breaks habit of building new prisons" February 7, 2005 Austin American Statesman "Treat substance abuse now, or we all pay later"
January 9, 2005 Houston Chronicle "Lawyer's plea on pot penalty: Fines would cut court congestion" December 27, 2004 New York Times "Why Some Politicians Need Their Prisons to Stay Full" November 18, 2004 New York Times "Rehab Justice" October 17, 2004 Fort Worth Star Telegram "How about 'just the facts'?" July 8, 2004 Houston Chronicle "Texas, remember what the object of prison is" July 4, 2004 Houston Chronicle "Sound Board: Kick burglar's chance of parole rising" April 11, 2004 Austin Am. Statesman "If we had locked her up, Rosey wouldn't be out changing lives" January 2, 2004 Houston Chronicle "Better ways to handle Harris County's nonviolent drug offender" November 13, 2003 Austin American Statesman "Justice should move from retribution to restitution" September 17, 2003 "On second thought: The drug task force system needs to be fixed . . ." August 26, 2003 The Dallas Morning News "Tulia not as rare as we think" July 25, 2003 Dallas Morning News "Pat Haggerty: Legislature needs to correct prison overcrowding" July 23, 2003 El Paso Times "Probation bill will save state millions" June 12, 2003 Corpus Christi Caller Times "Are narcotics task forces worth the investment?" June 3, 2003 Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A sensible approach to sentences for drugs" May 29, 2003 Dallas Morning News "Ray Allen and Joe Deshotel: Prison not always answer" May 4, 2003 Dallas Morning News "Treating drug offenders saves dollars" April 24, 2003 Houston Chronicle "We've seen it: Drug treatment beats incarceration" April 24, 2003 Austin American Statesman "Free drug addicts, state from their respective burdens" April 18, 2003 Dallas Morning News "Conviction no longer a sign of guilt" April 11, 2003 Austin American Statesman "Texans need a criminal system that works" April 9, 2003 Arianna Huffington "Affirmative Action? Lose the drug task forces"
