Central Texas father sentenced to prison for failing to protect daughter from stepmother’s horrible abuse
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Juan Velazquez on March 28 was sentenced to the maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison after ...
The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole
The woman who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been ...
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Extreme heat without AC in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel punishment, judge rules
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Director Bryan Collier acknowledged that heat was a factor in three deaths from multiple causes in 2023, and that prison staff and inmates sometimes fall ill ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking ...