Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
We worked together on a number of projects and the discussion of Judicial Independence in the role of judiciary in our society was missing a piece, a lot of focus on constitutional vision powers and the role of judges and all that. What has been missing is who are judges . What is the human side of judging . What we are trying to do this evening is begin that conversation and shed some light on it. I will introduce the panelists and jeff will introduce our comoderator. Here on stage, we have judge breyer from the Northern District of california and has been a judge on that bench since 1998. To his left is Justice Eva Guzman from the Supreme Court of texas, and she has been on that edge for nine years. Correct . Yes. She is very well regarded and a successful member of that court. In the second panel, we will hear from two individuals sitting down in the front. Retired Justice Carlos m oreno, and the former chief judge of the second quarter. I will be joining that panel, as well. But to
Screeching of the metal ripping off of it. The girl in the back was crying. Shaun with this crash, an abrupt ending to their weekend tour of boston. Pieces of metal torn off as this duck boat crumpled under a Storrow Drive overpass. We went under the first part, it was kinda close. Then the second half of the bridge, it just cut. Just chopped off the back half. Luckily, it all fell backwards. There was a big metal crashing sound that hit the road behind us with the piece falling off. Passengers then moved debris out of the road. Everyone was safe, but shaken. Some of the kids in the back got a little upset, but other than that its fine. Shaun police began their investigation. State police say these tours are not allowed on Storrow Drive because of low clearance bridges. Storrow drive. How do you not know this . Shaun for whatever reason, the driver headed east on Storrow Driver was diverted, because of an earlier detour. The crash happened just 15 minutes into the tour. Passengers, wer
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state comptroller wrongly denied payments to a man who was declared innocent last year after spending 12 years in prison including nine on death row.
A trial judge declared Alfred Dewayne Brown innocent of the 2003 shooting death of a Houston police officer after the judge found the prosecuting attorney withheld and suppressed exculpatory evidence that showed Brown was not at the crime scene.
Like many wrongly convicted Texans, Brown applied for compensation from a state fund that pays $80,000 for every year spent in prison. For Brown, that adds up to about $1 million, with a matching $1 million annuity that would provide monthly payments for life.