In Texas, Habeas Corpus Means We Hold The Prisoner Until We Say So. (Trees And Things)

JimmyHavok: Re: Hold The Prisoner Until We Say So.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:28:39 EST

Criminals have long used their real or imaginary religious conversions to justify their release from prison

Religious piety doesn't seem to have much effect on the unconvicted, either, based on the behavior of various public Christians.

pO157: There is precedent for this.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:31 EST

Texas is changing how they treat convicted offenders who were "in the system" during the law revision. This has happened before. Look at sex offenders. There were hundreds incarcerated, on parole, probation or some type of supervised release when the regis

Thalia: Re: In Texas, Habeas Corpus Means We Hold The Pris

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:43:37 EST

As far as I can tell, the "mandatory supervision" clause basically says that if you're going to be paroled before you serve your entire sentence, you have to prove certain things to be true (e.g. get a job, etc.). Since parole is entirely optional, a

skeptic: Hold The Prisoner Until We Say So.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:21:50 EST

The obvious comparison of this situation is to the famous "three strikes and you're out" law in California. Essentially, when you have repeat offenders who have already proved that they cannot be trusted, it serves the interest of public safety to ke