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March 30, 2006
AMARILLO, TX -- The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded a unanimous decision by a state court of appeals in Texas reversing the convictions of two pregnant women accused of delivering a controlled substance to their fetuses.
BY EMMA PEREZ-TREVIÑO: The Brownsville Herald
October 26, 2005 - Cameron County's jail system is filling fast with federal inmates, so Cameron County Commissioners Court responded Tuesday by approving temporary staff to handle the influx.
By JAMES M. O'NEILL / The Dallas
Frederick D. Harris, a homeless man with schizophrenia, has been confined in a jail cell for over four months, waiting for a state hospital bed to open up.
From New Mexico to Connecticut, Florida to California, law-abiding Americans are the targets of the government's illegal surveillance.