More About Perry's Expunction Veto

Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:00pm

On June 19th, Perry vetoed the unanimously passed expunction bill.

Since then, here are some other bloggers weighing in on the topic: Grits for Breakfast, Paul Kennedy, Grant Scheiner, Doug Weathers, and last but not least, fellow Austin criminal defense lawyer Kristin Etter.

Short version?

Well, let's just say that no one has had anything good to say about Governor Haircut.

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