Proposed Austin traffic ordinances hype fear without improving p...

Travis County DA fails to win death penalty in most cases they...
Statewide, fewer juries give death penalty verdicts, including most capital cases in Travis County (via Grits for Breakfast)

And Introducing The Unethical Attention-Whoring Crappy...
It’s me. So says Acerbic at his anonymous blog “Jamie Spencer – Crappy DWI Defense Lawyer”. Before we get to Acerbic’s accounting of the facts, let’s...

This Snow Hype Might Be Getting Out of Hand [Snapshot]
We're pretty sure it's not that cold, robots. [Weather.com hour-by-hour forecast of downtown Austin, taken 3 p.m.] Related: Hey, it might snow tomorrow: Time to freak out (Austin AV Club)

Federal Sentencing Commission to hold regional hearing this...
Dallas DA Craig Watkins, two Fifth Circuit appellate judges and other luminaries are featured speakers before the panel (via Grits for Breakfast)

Defiant John Bradley rebuffed on secrecy pleas
The Williamson County DA pled with state senators to make investigations of flawed forensic science secret - they said "no" (via Grits for Breakfast)