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Criminal Justice
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Abbott: Legal Action Could Follow Arms Treaty Ratification
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has warned that the state will file its 30th lawsuit against the Obama administration if a United Nations arms treaty is ratified.
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DPS to Roll Out Mobile Stations to Process Free Voter IDs
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Tuesday that 25 mobile locations will begin processing free election identification certificates on Oct. 1.
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Judge Ken Anderson Resigns Amid Ethics Lawsuit
Williamson County state district Judge Ken Anderson, who oversaw the wrongful murder conviction of Michael Morton in 1987, has submitted a letter to Gov. Rick Perry resigning his position effective immediately.
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Study: Texas Isn’t Seeing Dip in Undocumented Immigration Figures
Data from the Pew Research Center indicates that of the six states with the largest number of unauthorized immigrants, Texas was the only one that didn’t witness the significant dip in population figures that took place a few years ago.
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Violence Behind Bars and a Tie to Mental Illness
A Tribune analysis of violent-incident data in state prisons shows that far more violent incidents occur at facilities with large populations of mentally ill inmates.
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Interactive: Psychiatric Prisons See More Violence
Data from the Texas criminal justice system shows that psychiatric prison units experience the most violence per capita. Use this interactive to examine the violent incidents reported at more than 90 Texas prisons between 2006 and 2012.
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New Immigration Bill Filed; 2 Texas Lawmakers Leave Talks
As the co-chairmen of the Congressional Border Caucus introduced an omnibus immigration bill Friday, two Texas congressmen left a House group working on immigration after saying they could no longer trust the president.
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Cornyn: Time Left to Fix Specific Flaws in Immigration Laws
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday said that even without a comprehensive overhaul to the country’s immigration system, the federal government should address a problem that led to the release of more than 2,800 sex offenders from federal custody.
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Bar Association: Death Penalty System Falls Short
Despite recent improvements that aim to prevent wrongful convictions, an American Bar Association report released Wednesday says much work remains to ensure fairness in the application of the death penalty in Texas.
