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Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockups
Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...
Texas could require local district attorneys to report the release of unindicted inmates
The new bill filed by two Republican lawmakers comes amid a firestorm of missed indictments in Travis County regarding murder suspects.
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North Texas lawmakers want to reform how jail deaths are investigated. Here’s how
AUSTIN — A yearslong spike of in-custody deaths in the Tarrant County Jail could come under scrutiny ... the deaths of more than 65 Tarrant County inmates since the incumbent Republican took ...
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North Texas lawmakers want to reform how jail deaths are investigated. Here’s how
AUSTIN — A yearslong spike of in-custody deaths in the Tarrant County Jail could come under scrutiny by the Texas Legislature with a bipartisan pair of bills filed by Tarrant County House ...