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Public Interest Groups Challenge Texas Police Bonds and Magistrate Evasion
Brief to Texas Attorney General contends that thousands of bail bonds were issued illegally under Texas law, and that magistrates were illegally bypassed under practices that the El Paso District Attorney has promoted as a statewide model.
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March 30, 2006
ACLU Applauds Court Decision Reversing Conviction Denying Pregnant Women in Texas Their Rights
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.
Cameron County OKs more jail staff to handle growth
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.
Mentally ill man languishes in jail
07:15 PM CST on Friday, December 23, 2005
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.
Faces of Surveillance
From New Mexico to Connecticut, Florida to California, law-abiding Americans are the targets of the government's illegal surveillance.