Austin police turning to DNA to solve thefts (www.statesman.com)
More than a decade after DNA testing became one of law enforcement agencies' best methods for solving violent crimes such as homicides and sexual assaults, Austin police have joined only a small... More
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Exonerees face difficult re-entry task (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com)
With the passage of the federal Second Chance Act and numerous state and local re-entry initiatives for felons, the problem of long-time prisoners needing help to successfully get back on their feet... More
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Wrongfully imprisoned man celebrates holidays with family after 16 years (www.dallasnews.com)
Patrick Waller is a driven man.
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The Life Penalty (www.texasobserver.org)
In the execution capital of the free world, death sentences have declined precipitously—thanks in part to the institution of life-without-parole sentences.
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DPS Crime Database too shoddy for thorough background checks (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com)
Crime data maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety is so shoddy that it's unreliable for performing background checks and gives the public a "false sense of security."
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Texas DPS' criminal databases missing thousands of records (www.star-telegram.com)
More than a third of criminal records are missing from the online Department of Public Safety database available to the public, a Fort Worth company found in a study.
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Capital-defense Office Growing (www.amarillo.com)
Two years ago, the office of the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases was nothing but a dream.
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Capital-Defense Office Growing (standdown.typepad.com)
That's the headline in today's Amarillo Globe-News about the West Texas Regional Capital PD's office.
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WMC Commentary Concrete Bed by Hamedah Hasan
(womensmediacenter.com)
As a result of Draconian federal sentencing laws imposed since the 1980s, the author, caught on the edges of her cousin’s cocaine-selling operation, remains locked up despite what her trial judge... More
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Appeals court tells panel to find out why inmate's appeal was filed 18 years later (www.star-telegram.com)
Texas’ highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a Collin County trial court to examine why a Death Row inmate’s attorneys waited 18 years before filing an appeal asserting that the... More
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