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Department Of Justice To Fund Reviews Of Potential Wrongful Convictions In Texas
Posted on · The Harris County DA's Office, the Innocence Project of Texas and the Anthony Graves Foundation will review 300 cases from 2001 to 2008.
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Hate Crime Case Ends With Guilty Verdict For Man Who Set Victoria Mosque Fire
Posted on · A man accused of torching a South Texas mosque last year has been convicted of federal arson and explosives charges and of a hate crime charge.
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Protesters Across The U.S. Decry Policy Of Separating Immigrant Families
Posted on · People gathered in cities across the country on Friday to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant parents and children who cross the southern border illegally.
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Department Of Justice Fires Embattled FBI Deputy Director Just Short Of Retirement
Posted on · Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he accepted an internal FBI recommendation that "concluded that Mr. McCabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media"
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City Says It Will ‘Defend Itself’ In Lawsuit Against Fire Department
Posted on · Houston Matters gets the latest on a lawsuit filed against the Houston Fire Department over alleged sexual discrimination.
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UPDATE: DOJ Plans To Ask The Supreme Court To Intervene On DACA
Posted on · Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants the high court to reverse a decision out of California forcing the government to resume accepting DACA applications. He said the ruling defies common sense
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Harris County Attorney Increases Staff To Fight Public Nuisance Cases
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Vince Ryan’s office a $105,000 grant to work on cases that involve shutting down illegal establishments like massage parlors
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Immigration Activist Says He Experienced An SB4 Like Incident In Houston
Posted on · Víctor Ibarra contends a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office asked him about his immigration status after he suffered a traffic accident.
Politics
DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump’s Immigration Executive Order
Posted on · The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments by phone on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET in the controversial travel ban's latest test. A district court judge halted the executive order on Friday.
Election 2016
Feds: Texas Officials Not Following Judge’s Order On Voter ID Law
Posted on · Lawyers returned to court to force Texas officials to live up to an order by a federal judge, which would make it easier for people without a formal ID to vote in the November presidential election.
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Closing Private Federal Prisons Can Impact Texas Because It Has The Most In The U.S.
Posted on · Officials in some of the counties where they are located anticipate it can have repercussions in their economies.
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DOJ will end use of private prisons, six of them in Texas
Posted on · The U.S. Justice Department announced it will end the practice of housing federal inmates in privately-operated prisons. There are 13 private federal prisons, and six of them are in Texas. More than twenty-two thousand federal inmates – about twelve percent of the total – are housed in the private facilities. A recent audit found that private […]
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DOJ Report: Privately Operated Prisons Less Safe For Inmates And Staff
Posted on · An analysis by the Department’s Office of the Inspector General focuses on several facilities, two of them in Texas.
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Feds Claim Harris County Discriminating Against Voters With Disabilities
Posted on · The Federal government claims Harris County is discriminating against voters with disabilities. The Justice Department surveyed voting locations during two special elections.
Politics
Congressmen Call For Federal Investigation Of Super Tuesday Voting Delays In Harris County
Posted on · Democratic U.S. Reps. Gene Green and Al Green say their districts suffered from a shortage of voting machines and last minute poll station changes that discouraged participation by Hispanic and African-American voters.