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Death Watch: “Texas Seven” Member Contests “Law of Parties”
A robbery ended in a police officer death while Patrick Murphy waited outside. Current Texas law holds him responsible.
Juan Hinojosa
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85th Texas Legislature Preview
Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?
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Smart Enough to Die
In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.
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Hinojosa, Hegar Ride On to the Sunset
Lt. Gov.’s selections changes tone of state agency oversight committee.
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Deals to Deal With TYC
The last negotiations over reforming TYC have been completed: will they mean an accountable management?
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TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?
State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency
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TYC Trouble
Mounting frustration in Lege over Perry’s lack of action toward allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within TYC facilities
