Abolishing the state’s two existing juvenile justice agencies and creating one new department to prevent crime and treat and punish young offenders could save Texas up to $150 million, lawmakers said today.
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State Would Require Jails to Pay for Inspections
To keep critical jail inspections going even as they cut funding to the agency that provides them, lawmakers are proposing that the counties pay for them.
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Guides
Texplainer: Can a Judge Still Serve After Losing an Election?
Ever wonder what a defeated judge is doing up on the bench? Texplainer’s got your answer.
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Criminal Justice
Judge: Big Pharma Lawsuit May Proceed
A judge has ruled the state may continue its legal challenge against the pharmaceutical company Janssen over allegations it offered officials kickbacks to get a schizophrenia medicine on a preferred drug list.
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Criminal Justice
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 69
On this week’s episode, Evan, Reeve, Ben and Brandi discuss Gov. Rick Perry’s Twitter feed, the state’s changing demographics and issues of innocence.
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Criminal Justice
Rev. Carroll Pickett: The TT Interview
Rev. Carroll Pickett holds the world record for witnessing the most state executions as a chaplain. He saw 95 men die by lethal injection during his career as the death house chaplain.
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Rev. Carroll Pickett: The TT Interview
The onetime death house chaplain on what it was like to witness the most state executions of anyone in his job (95, by lethal injection), what changed his mind about the death penalty and why lawmakers should continue to fund the chaplain program.
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Criminal Justice
Exoneree Sues to Clear Name, Get Compensation
Anthony Graves, who was freed from jail this year after spending 18 years behind bars for brutal murders he did not commit, sued the state of Texas today to officially clear his name and to force the Texas comptroller to pay him for the time he was wrongfully imprisoned.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The best of our best content from Feb. 21 to 25, 2011.
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Criminal Justice
Cigarroa: Campus Carry Creates “Less-Safe Environment”
Today, University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa issued a letter to Gov. Rick Perry weighing in on the touchy issue of allowing concealed handguns in college campus buildings. In short: He’s against it.