Officer Crimson Elizondo a former Texas state trooper now under investigation for her conduct in responding to the Uvalde school shooting rampage, was among the new officers hired for the Uvalde school district police department. She has since been fired, after when parents found out the school ha...
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part of a legally dubious admissions program the administration launched in October 2022. The rationale for the program is to “reduce the number of individuals crossing unlawfully” over the southern border — by flying them over it directly into the interior and then releasing them on parole. ...
was captured on July 18, 2024, by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, in Houston, Texas. In 2015, Kizzee was convicted of Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and subsequently sentenced to 10 years confinement in TDCJ prison. He was released on parole from TDCJ in January 2022. ...
Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976,313 men and women on death row have been granted reprieve. This does not mean they are not paying for their crimes- most sentences were commuted to life without parole. Of everyone spared the death penalty, less than 1% are Texas death row ...
The jury did not find Howerton guilty of murder, but rather aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. He was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. He is eligible for parole in May of 2033 Mandadi's parents continue to fight for victims ...
Have you ever wondered what life inside a Texas prison is really like? I asked friends who are correction officers and folks who have volunteered at jails. I also asked former inmates, and browsed forums and articles with current and former inmates. Put all together, it paints what I hope...
The cases, the paper reported, alleged that “a Houston woman lawyer was … teaching revolutionary ideas and threatening prison security.” Jalet was certain that Beto was behind the suits. One prisoner Jalet had tried to help had told her that he had been offered parole if he would file a...
The years passed and still he remained in prison. In 2015 he received a form letter from the parole board that contained an additional reason for why he should not be set free. “The record indicates that length of time served by the inmate is not congruent with offense severity and crimin...
In their petition to the Supreme Court, Runnels’ attorneys argued that his death sentence was mainly due to the testimony of prison expert A.P. Merillat, who told jurors that inmates like Runnels could not be held in a secure environment if sentenced to life in prison without parole. The ...