In The News Harris County DA Stops Prosecuting Drug Cases Involving Minuscule Amounts Houston Press | 9/27/2017 The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has stopped prosecuting cases involving minuscule amounts of drugs — often referred to as “trace...
In The News Texas wages a war on drugs at the border. That might be the wrong place. Texas Tribune | 12/13/2016 The once prevalent zero-tolerance, throw-them-in-prison approach is softening as a growing number of Republicans and Democrats call for treating addiction...
In The News The Harris County DA Invites Law-Breaking Citizens to “Make It Right” Houstonia | 7/18/2016 “A lot of this is poverty-driven,” says Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson. “They get a ticket and they either can eat or pay their fine. So they don’t...
In The News Harris County Wins $2 Million Grant For Plan To Reform Its Criminal Justice System Houston Public Media | 4/14/2016 District Attorney Devon Anderson announced the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the county $2 million dollars. “Our...
In The News Austin officials move to decriminalize public drunkenness Austin American-Statesman | 3/8/2014 An effort by an array of criminal justice, law enforcement and medical officials is underway to open a sobriety center — “drunk tank” to many — that would...
