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Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
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An inside look at Taser use in Texas prison
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...
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25-year sentence for Delivery of a Controlled Substance among those handed down in district court
The office of District Attorney Micheal Murray issued the following press release regarding felony cases recently heard in ...
Frustration grows as convicted 'Desert Killer" David Wood granted stay of execution
Frustration grows for the mother of one of the victims found in a Northeast El Paso desert as the man convicted in the slayings avoided execution.
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At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards
After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...
'Armed and dangerous': Police seek 2 men in killing of Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie, daughter
The Texas Rangers and Forest Hill police are looking for two men wanted in connection with the murders of rapper G$ Lil ...
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Texas lawmakers scold juvenile justice department over scathing DOJ report
Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu criticized the department for treating an August 2024 federal report as “nothing.” ...
Trump pledges to 'expose' his enemies in political speech at Justice Department
The speech functioned as victory lap after he emerged legally and politically unscathed from two federal prosecutions that ...