After sexual assault charges, Cody Wilson resigns from 3D-printed gun company
The company is "resilient," its new head said Tuesday, and "we have no intention of stopping." Full Story
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![Gun parts at Defense Distributed, a Texas-based company developing and publishing open source gun designs for 3D-printing and manufacture, surround a copy of The Liberator, a 3D-printed plastic gun. The company is being sued to keep its plans for plastic guns off the internet.]()
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Texas' violent crime rate increased in 2017, while the number of police per resident shrank
Experts cautioned against saying the slight increase in crime was due to the decreased police-to-resident ratio. Full Story
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Amber Guyger fired from Dallas Police Department after shooting of Botham Jean
Guyger shot Jean after she said she mistakenly entered his apartment on Sept. 6. Full Story
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![Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, left, shot and killed Botham Shem Jean in his apartment.]()
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3D-printed gun designer Cody Wilson arrested in Taiwan
Wilson, an Austin resident, was wanted on a charge of sexual assaulting a teenage girl. Full Story
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![Cody Wilson, gun rights activist and founder of Defense Distributed, a Texas-based company developing and publishing open source gun designs for 3D printing and manufacture.]()
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Federal judge rules against Dallas County bail practices
A U.S. district judge said Dallas could not impose pre-set bail amounts on poor defendants without individual consideration. Full Story
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3D-printed gun designer Cody Wilson is wanted on charge of sexually assaulting an underage girl
Police say Wilson left the country before he could be interviewed. His last known location is Taipei, Taiwan. Full Story
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![Cody Wilson, gun maker and founder of Defense Distributed, a Texas-based company developing and publishing open source gun designs for 3D printing and manufacture, in his office on August 1, 2018. Wilson has been charged with sexual assault.]()
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A Texas prison guard has been charged in an assault connected to an inmate's death
The 22-year-old officer allegedly assaulted the inmate, who died from his injuries nearly two weeks later. Full Story
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After the death of Botham Jean, should a Dallas officer be fired? Those decisions often take time.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O'Rourke joined protesters in saying the decision should be easy. But police departments rarely move quickly on such issues. Full Story
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![Botham Shem Jean, left, was shot and killed in his apartment by Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, right.]()
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Texas Border Patrol agent accused of "serial killing spree" in Laredo
Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, has been accused of killing four women, including one transgender woman, and kidnapping a fifth woman, who escaped and alerted law enforcement. Full Story
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Why the Dallas officer who killed her neighbor might have trouble with a "deadly force" defense
The shooting death of Botham Jean introduced several legal decisions for the Dallas County district attorney's office, including whether Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger was acting under the authority of the law in the shooting. Full Story
![Botham Shem Jean, left, was shot and killed in his apartment by Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, right.]()
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In Dallas County, bail is set in secret — and often in seconds
A lawsuit alleges that the county is jailing some of its poorest people without any meaningful inquiry into their ability to pay. In most cases, bail hearings that lead to those people being put behind bars last no more than 15 seconds. Full Story
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![Magistrate Judge Hal Turley sets bail for defendants in Dallas County's Lew Sterrett Justice Center in July.]()
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Texas spent $7 million to fight against A/C in a prison. It may only cost $4 million to install.
At a Capitol hearing, the Texas prison system's director said exceptions in construction requirements allowed for the cost decrease. Full Story
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Police officers are almost never convicted of murder. Body cameras may have made the difference in this Texas case.
After more than 13 hours of deliberation, jurors convicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, 15-year-old black teenager. Full Story
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![Body camera footage and its analysis has been crucial in the murder trial of Roy Oliver, a former police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.]()
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Blocked from giving away 3D-printed gun blueprints, Texas man says he's now selling them
Austin "crypto-anarchist" Cody Wilson says buyers can name their price for 3D-printed gun blueprints. Full Story
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![Cody Wilson, gun maker and founder of Defense Distributed, a Texas-based company developing and publishing open source gun designs for 3D printing and manufacture. Wilson shows The Liberator, a 3D printed plastic gun made several years ago.]()
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To pay for trauma centers, state program sinks thousands of Texas drivers into deep debt
In Texas, people with unpaid traffic tickets can lose their driver's licenses and even go to jail because of the Driver Responsibility Program. Though lawmakers acknowledge the policy disproportionately hurts the poor, they've struggled to eliminate it. Full Story
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Texas prisons dramatically cut the cost of inmate phone calls
Costs will drop from 26 cents per minute to 6 cents per minute. Full Story
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Vague state law aside, a convicted felon will be on the ballot in Austin
After his candidacy was challenged, convicted felon Lewis Conway Jr. was cleared by the Austin city clerk on Tuesday. Full Story
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![Lewis Conway Jr., a candidate running in East Austin's District 1 race, is the first formerly incarcerated person in Texas to run for public office. Conway is using his race to challenge how the criminal justice system suppresses people with criminal records.]()
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Unusual murder trial underway for police officer who killed Jordan Edwards
Roy Oliver was indicted on murder and aggravated assault charges in the 2017 police shooting that killed the unarmed black teen. Full Story
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![Roy Oliver (left), the former Balch Springs police officer who killed Jordan Edwards (right), 15, as Edwards left a house party in April 2017, is on trial for murder and two counts of aggravated assault.]()
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Black Americans victims of hate crimes more than any other group
James Byrd Jr., who was dragged to death in Texas 20 years ago, became one of the namesakes for a 2009 federal law expanding hate crime legislation. But just 100 hate crimes have been pursued by federal prosecutors between January 2010 and July 2018. Full Story
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![James Byrd Jr.'s grave in the Jasper City Cemetery in Texas. Byrd was murdered by three white men in 1998.]()
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Will a Texas law that overturns convictions based on bad science save this death row inmate?
The 2013 law was credited with stopping Robert Roberson's execution two years ago, and his conviction is now under review in county court. Full Story
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![Robert Roberson in court for the review of his 2003 conviction in the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in Palestine on August 14, 2018. His attorneys are asking for a new trial based on new scientific evidence.]()
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