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Ian Duskin McMaster Jr. (August 27, 1923 – June 23, 2004) [1] was an American assistant district attorney, and district judge for the 179th Criminal Court in Harris County, Texas between 1972 and 1988.
In February 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said that she supported Riles's request for resentencing before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She said that today certain factors, like a history of childhood trauma, must be considered before a defendant is sentenced, and she said that Riles is entitled to the same considerations ...
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...
More executions have taken place in Harris County than in every individual state aside from Texas, and more than Alabama and Georgia combined. [4] As of 2017, the county had executed 126 people since the 1976 legalization of capital punishment, leading it to be referred to as the "death penalty capital of the world."
Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with County Courts and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same courthouse. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Texas, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas, which it oversees.
I. D. McMaster (1923/24–2004), American assistant district attorney, and district judge for the 179th Criminal Court in Harris County, Texas (1972–1988) Jamie McMaster (born 1982), English-Australian football (soccer) player; James McMaster 19th-century American Catholic newspaper editor; John Bach McMaster (1852–1932), American historian
Harris County Criminal Courts Building. The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county. The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Texas.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.