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Texas Appeals Court Overturns Man’s 1998 Murder Conviction

Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2018 · John Earl Nolley had been sentenced in 1998 to life in prison

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Texas Man Who Invoked ‘Affluenza’ Defense Released From Jail

Associated Press

Posted on April 2, 2018 · Ethan Couch, who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck in 2013, was released from jail Monday

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Man accused of drunk driving in deadly Cypress golf cart crash has bond set at $600,000

Posted on August 7, 2023 · Daniel Rivera, 21, has been charged with three counts of murder in the Sunday deaths of Fraser Anderson, Christopher Scandridge and Jacob Wnuk, who were riding in a golf cart that was struck by an SUV.

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Houston-area teen whose parents are in prison for murder headed to Texas A&M with help of rodeo scholarship

Posted on June 27, 2023 · Wyatt Lewis, 18, who was largely raised by his aunt and uncle in Cypress, was selected to receive a $20,000 scholarship from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

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Accused Takeoff shooter Patrick Clark indicted on murder charges by Harris County grand jury

Posted on May 25, 2023 · Clark, a 33-year-old Channelview man, is accused of fatally shooting Migos rapper Takeoff in downtown Houston on Nov. 1.

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Should law enforcement revisit some tactics used to elicit confessions?

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Posted on May 11, 2023 · A new podcast based on an article from The Marshall Project examines that and other questions raised by an investigation into a 2005 murder.

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