Crime and Punishment

The Severity of Texas Sex Crime Prosecution

When a person is accused of a criminal offense involving a sex crime, the stakes are higher than in case where a person was charged with a non-sexual crime excluding murder. For sexual assault victims under the age of 17, this charge is …

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Dealing with Murder Charges in Texas

Most people never find themselves on the wrong side of the law, but for those who do, the moment that charges emerge their lives change forever. Dealing with criminal charges is never easy, but it's especially true in Texas, where strict penalties …

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The Cure for Drunk Driving Charges in Houston

When you see a police cruiser easing up behind you on a Friday night you know you've got problems, especially if you've been drinking any alcoholic beverages during the preceding time period. A number of serious penalties apply for persons charged …

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Microsoft Is Testing Azure IoT Platform From The Stratosphere March 9, 2016
Microsoft is attempting to pull off a rare feat that may be hard for its competitors to emulate. The team at Microsoft Research is deploying a balloon in the stratosphere loaded with sensors and cameras, which is connected to the Azure IoT platform. The balloon will send real-time telemetry along […]
Janakiram MSV, Contributor
Intuit Announces Sale Of QuickBase Low-Code Platform March 8, 2016
Low-code platforms like QuickBase empower a wide range of people with little to no programming skills – known as ‘citizen developers’ – to build enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, desktop, or web. Such applications can meet the needs of the business quickly and efficiently, and can be an important part of how transformed IT […]
Jason Bloomberg, Subscriber

Upcoming Houston Food Events: A Limited-Time Curry-Inspired Ramen Comes to Ramen Tatsu-Ya October 17, 2019
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings: Ramen Tatsu-Ya Houston, 1722 California, has partnered with the brand’s Domo Alley-Gato Tatsu-Ya (Austin) to create a Spicy Ban Ban Ramen, a Japanese curry-inspired ramen made with an earthy-flavored, curry-spiced chicken broth base and topped with...
Brooke Viggiano
6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Fandemic and Wings Over Houston October 17, 2019
There's no reason to wait for Halloween: cosplay is de rigueur at Fandemic Tour, and costumes are encouraged at the spine-tingling Symphonic Spooktacular. This action-packed weekend also includes aerial acrobatics and pyrotechnics at Wings Over Houston, flapper dresses and feather boas at HGO's Rigoletto, and celebrations of Mexican culture with...
Susie Tommaney
New Zealand's Miss June Coming to House of Blues October 17, 2019
"We will never be easy to categorize musically." Annabel Liddell, front-woman of the New Zealand punk outfit Miss June, is no stranger to challenging both labels and expectations. In 2013, the same year she began medical school, she recruited the other three members of her raucous and increasingly popular band...
Carlos Brandon