Harris County prosecutors will seek a new execution date on Monday for death row inmate Duane Buck. His defenders say race played a role in his death sentence. Prosecutors say courts have “thoroughly reviewed” and rejected his claims.
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Slideshow: Turning Prisoners Into Entrepreneurs
The Prison Entrepreneurship Program at the Cleveland Correctional Center trains selected inmates, who will soon be released, to design their own businesses. Here’s a series of photographs from a recent class.
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Inmates Use Business Program to Get Head Start on Life After Prison
Through a program operated by a Houston nonprofit, some Texas inmates who will soon be released get a chance to learn business skills and work on plans to start their own businesses.
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TribLive: Patterson on Gun Control
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson — a passionate defender of the Second Amendment — explained his opposition to universal background checks, an assault weapons ban and other gun control measures.
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Todd Staples: The TT Interview
The Texas agriculture commissioner on his book and campaign to highlight what he sees as a crisis on the border, his opinions on which immigration policies work and which don’t, and why Americans shouldn’t believe it when they are told the border is secure.
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Ex-DA’s Indignant Testimony Closes Dramatic Inquiry
An indignant and defensive Ken Anderson brought a dramatic end to a week of emotional testimony in the unusual court examination of whether he should face criminal charges for his 1987 prosecution of Michael Morton.
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Drama Erupts as Anderson Court of Inquiry Nears Its End
A day of legal theater in the Ken Anderson court of inquiry ended with a reversal-of-course by John Bradley. The firebrand ex-prosecutor backed away from previous damning statements he made about his former boss.
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Michael Morton: The TT Interview
On Wednesday, Michael Morton sat down with the Tribune to talk about the pain and anger the court of inquiry for Ken Anderson is bringing up for him and his hopes for accountability in the wake of his wrongful conviction.
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Amid Contentious Inquiry, Morton Sees “Road to Accountability”
Exoneree Michael Morton says the sometimes painful court process examining his wrongful conviction is part of a journey he is on to find accountability and promote reform in the criminal justice system.
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Nueces County Jail Facing Lawsuit Over 2011 Death
The family of Gregory Cheek has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Nueces County Jail, saying Cheek should have been transferred from the jail to a mental health facility.
