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Glistening with silver lights and hundreds of palm-sized angels of different shapes, sizes and colors, two pine trees stand tall before rows of people gathered together Tuesday evening to remember friends and family members who were victims of violent crimes.

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Travis County Sheriff's detectives are fishing evidence out of Lake Travis, where low lake levels are revealing cars and motorcycles once hidden beneath the surface.

I’ve represented several folks in Austin recently who have been “ticketed” for marijuana possession instead of being arrested. And I wrote about House Bill 2391 which allowed for this back in January.

I’ve represented several folks in Austin recently who have been “ticketed” for marijuana possession instead of being arrested. And I wrote about House Bill 2391 which allowed for this back in January.

Blogging has been light, admittedly in part since I ‘discovered’ iTunes, but this favorite Tom T.

Hall gem made me think about bologna sandwiches in the Travis County Jail. After being arrested for speeding while ‘sitting at a red light’, the narrator discovers the pleasures of what can only be small southern town 60s or 70s justice:

Former Travis County Sheriff and Republican State Representive Terry Keel says he’s too busy trying to elect Democrat Mindy Montford in the DA runoff to bother with helping his own sister-in-law, Republican Donna Keel, in her race against Democratic state rep Valinda Bolton.

Keel, the hardline Republican who also held the seat his sister-in-law is running for before retiring and then becoming Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick’s parliamentarian, told a group this weekend that the “number one priority right now is Mindy, not Donna.”

From Wednesday’s Austin American Statesman, Sheriff defends allowing immigration officials to have office at jail:

Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton encountered sharp criticism and a smattering of support Tuesday for his decision to allow federal immigration agents to establish an office at the Travis County Jail.

The Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association listserv has been buzzing the last week or so. Local defense attorneys had noticed a much higher rate of immigration holds being placed on clients. Was this a trend?

And today, the Austin American Statesman brings us the answer, “Sheriff to let federal immigration agents set up office in jail. Agents will look for undocumented immigrants.”