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Innocence bills are pre-filing highlight so far

Though the session won't actually begin until January, yesterday (Nov. 10) was the first day of pre-filing bills for consideration by the 81st Texas Legislature.I should add all the usual caveats before pointing out a few interesting highlights - most legislators have yet to file any bills, and most legislation filed, good or bad, won't pass. Moreover, legislation filed early has no greater chance of passing than bills filed later on. Still, pre-filing is our first glimpse of proposed new laws, so with that said, let's examine some criminal justice highlights:No bills yet from Sen. John Whitmire or Rep. Jerry Madden, both of whom are expected to author significant reform bills this session. But Sen. Rodney Ellis was among the most prolific pre-filers, with 72 bills in the hopper so far including several key innocence-related reforms...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).