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Your "some lady" may be U. S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.lunchbox wrote:i agree but this is being taken to austin by some lady high up in harris county whos mad that joe horn got off
bdickens wrote:I'm sure she'll get shot down.
To carry on with the metaphors: She's shotgunning displeasure at a lot of different subjects, but the timing indicates that the Joe Horn case was the trigger.U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Sunday called for congressional hearings to investigate what she calls ''the many downfalls" of the Harris County judicial system.
Recent incidents, including a grand jury's decision not to indict a Pasadena man who shot and killed two men suspected of burglarizing his neighbor, have brought into question whether the system is fair and unbiased, she said.
The Democrat, who represents District 18, said she is also concerned and frustrated about derogatory e-mails circulated in the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the handling of DNA evidence by the Houston Police Department crime lab and the number of deaths in the Harris County Jail during the past 10 years....
''With the many misgivings surrounding the Harris County judicial system, it is fair to say that this local judicial system has been tarnished," Jackson Lee said during a news conference at the Mickey Leland Federal Building. "It is time for all officials to be held accountable and true justice and democracy restored...."
Jackson Lee said she plans to bring the congressional hearings to Houston in the next couple of weeks.
The hearings, for example, will assess how the evidence in the Joe Horn case was presented to the grand jury. Jackson Lee questioned why the case did not go to trial....
District Attorney Ken Magidson has said he could not comment on the grand jury's secret proceedings. Horn has asserted that he fired out of fear for his life, making the shooting justifiable under Texas law.
Jackson Lee said the federal government has an obligation to look into these matters because they deal with civil rights issues. Also, the jail and the district attorney's office both receive federal funding through the state, she said.
From your mouth to God's ears.Kerbouchard wrote:her stance on this issue will cost her the next election.
She's a Democrat. Her congressional district was specifically designed to get Democrats in office.lunchbox wrote:how did she get elected
geeze
Show Horse
1. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas)
2. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
3. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
Staffers have proposed a drinking game to honor the Texan, who gets more than twice as many votes as others: “Sheila Jackson-Lee is on C-Span. Do a shot.�
Biggest Windbag
1. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas)
2. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.)
Both sides agree these are two big talkers, but Hurricane Sheila, as she’s been dubbed by critics, gets twice as many votes.
Meanest
1. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.)
2. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas)
3. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)
Both sides have darts for Thomas and Jackson-Lee, while Schmidt has rubbed mostly Democrats the wrong way.
Wow, it looks like a democratic pac-man trying to eat up republicans!Bart wrote: She's a Democrat. Her congressional district was specifically designed to get Democrats in office.
