From the Houston Chronicle: A Sugar Land man slated for execution Thursday night is still awaiting a last-minute decision as Gov. Greg Abbott weighs his options: grant clemency or let him die by lethal injection. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker was…

Thomas Whitaker, represented on appeal by Firm attorney, James Rytting, received a unanimous recommendation for clemency from the notoriously unsparing state Board of Pardons and Paroles. “It’s important to understand he is not going to be pardoned. The best…

Philip Hilder was quoted regarding a civil forfeiture case involving the Mexican state of Veracruz and the state’s now-jailed former governor, Javier Duarte Ochoa. Hilder & Associates handles both civil and criminal forfeiture cases. Houston Chronicle Story…