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. Houston trial lawyer Paul Morgan is one of the most adamant attorneys in …

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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 â€“ known as â€˜citizen developersâ€™ â€“ 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, Contributor

NFL Playoffs, Conference Title Games: This Weekend's Best Bets January 18, 2019
And then, there were four! Yes, after 256 regular season games and eight more playoff games, we are down to the conference title games in the NFL, and while the lack of upsets last weekend in the divisional round continued to pillage and plunder my prognosticating winning percentage —- seriously,...
Sean Pendergast
Diana Davila Elected President of the HISD Board But Not Without a Challenge January 18, 2019
With all their declarations about working together and setting aside their differences, trustees of the Houston ISD didn't seem all that warm and cuddly Thursday night when they voted in their new officers for the year. Diana Davila, who's been on and off the board and back again, was elected...
Margaret Downing
Openings and Closings: Roma, Sorriso Open, Pax Americana Closes January 18, 2019
Roma, 2347 University, officially opened January 11. The new Roman-inspired trattoria takes the place of Shanon and Wende Scott's upscale ristorante, Sud Italia, which closed January 1 to make way for the Scotts' new more casual and affordable concept. Described as an "ode to the foodways of Southern Italy", the...
Lorretta Ruggiero