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Parole Board: Texas created 59 new felonies this year

According to the "Offense Severity List" from the Board of Pardons and Parole, as a result of new laws passed by the 81st legislature, Texas now has 2,383 separate felonies on the books - an increase of 59 compared to the 2,324 they counted in 2007. (See the full list -pdf.)Shannon Edmonds at the Texas District and County Attorneys Association previously had said they'd counted 40 new felonies crimes among all the bills that passed this year. Apparently they missed another 19. (N.b.: See comments for correction/clarification.) Shannon says prosecutors hate new crimes, and certainly one wonders how anyone is supposed to prosecute them if the DAs don't know they exist?For the record, there are still only eleven felonies in Texas involving oysters...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).