Law Office of Roger Nichols

03/24/2026

Brings a tear to my eyes. Such delicious beauty.

11/05/2025

No brainer.
Never should have been done.
Impeachable. Prosecutable.

The U.N. has said that U.S. airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean violate international human rights law and must stop, calling for an investigation.

11/05/2025

Crazy creative.

07/22/2025

Yet another fox to guard the henhouse.

The Food and Drug Administration named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program. Dr.

05/16/2025

This is a bad bill and should be defeated. Dehumanizing juveniles and putting them in adult prisons is retribution, nothing more.

Experts worry this punishment will lead to worse outcomes for kids who are transferred to adult facilities.

03/29/2025

This cruel craziness has gone on long enough. The Texas Legislature has a surplus. It should be used to air condition the prison units...ALL of them.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/03/27/federal-judge-extreme-heat-in-texas-tx-prisons-is-likely-unconstitutional-air-conditioning-lawsuit/82680888007/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJUPwdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcVS2T_PATDfY2trsyakXsijlMlJNXA6Iw9x96I9pWPgnTZ9Q5Z7sorpRQ_aem_G-FkQCBzO_AxLJeoISQr1w

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

03/21/2025

This inhumane treatment of people in Texas prisons MUST STOP.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/21/texas-prison-temperature-records-investigation/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1742576642&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawJKgeJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTGyG13gfpNwc3dcLe_8nJGq4I9e2wkgvAYaqn72ThONMAFywY59o0hpFQ_aem_m-htmYxb-EqnXoUgGRcIjA

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

01/24/2025

Capital punishment has no place in a civilized society.
The law of parties needs to be revisited as well.

Bayliss WagnerAustin American-Statesman | USA TODAY NETWORK When she b

01/22/2025

THIS is how prison rehabilitation works. It is not perfect, but certainly a step in the right direction. TDCJ could learn from this.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters?fbclid=IwY2xjawH9MP9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdmto3OBkqZqBGra14-svg1rjJnxrxZh8IF6zbuwzNz8E2lf5r4B8uoyuw_aem_0r8wHrVjQafQIQSj_MqBxA

People serving out their prison terms as firefighters form an integral part of the response to the devastating LA wildfires

12/24/2024

President Joe Biden did a very good thing this week. I am proud of his principled stand on capital punishment.

The bulk commutation is a politically shrewd presidential power — and the right thing to do.