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Governor Perry's 2009 Criminal Justice Vetoes

Governor Perry announced this year's vetoes yesterday, although, since so much criminal justice reform legislation died in the waning days of the session thanks to partisan bickering over voter ID, not many bills that concerned this blog were even available to earn the Governor's wrath. Several of the vetoes I agreed with, while, as always, some seemed inexplicable even in the face of the Governor's written explanations.Here are the criminal justice-related bills Governor Perry vetoed (links on the bill numbers go to Perry's veto statements):Bad CPS bill goes downSB 1440 by Watson/Madden is the bill discussed here and here that would have expanded CPS authority to seize kids for questioning without first notifying their parents or showing "good cause...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 20, 2009 (boomark / email).