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TX House Committees to begin work on interim charges

A couple of Texas House legislative committees will hold hearings in the next couple of weeks on criminal-justice related topics. The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee will meet Monday, January 11:The Committee will meet to discuss appropriate procedures for presenting scientific evidence during the trial of criminal cases. The Committee will only hear invited testimony.And the House Corrections Committee posted notice on these items for a hearing scheduled January 28:The Committee will meet to take invited and public testimony on the following items:Charge 5 - Review the range of services provided to females in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and recommend changes to ensure responsiveness to gender-specific issues. Review should include institutional and community supervision programs and utilization of correctional facilities that house non-adjudicated populations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).