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Exonerated Texas woman pleads for help to get bullet out of her arm

LaCresha Murray was the youngest person to be charged with murder in Travis County at 11-years-old. At 15, her conviction was overturned. She’s now pleading for help to get a bullet out of her arm after being shot 6 times by an off-duty cop. ....

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Man sentenced to 99 years after week-long crime spree leaves 1 dead

A Lamar County jury sentenced a man to 99 years in prison after a week-long crime spree that left one person dead. ....

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Activists back Texas bill to close juvenile detention centers

Houston activists back Texas bill that would close state juvenile detention centers following years of problems. ....

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Bill would close youth prisons in Texas

Austin Democrat James Talarico has filed the HB 4356, which would shutter the state's five secure youth detention centers and move TJJD's assets under the Health and Human Services Commission.
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Legislature has little appetite to fund Ken Paxton's settlement with whistleblowers

A lack of lawmaker support jeopardizes the attorney general’s $3.3 million settlement, which would resolve a lawsuit alleging Paxton fired high-ranking deputies who accused him of misconduct. ....

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