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HOUSTON — Six individuals who have experienced incarceration and one individual affected by the criminal justice system graduated today from the TSU Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau Program as trained public speakers for criminal justice reform.
DALLAS – A Dallas County grand jury has indicted former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on a murder charge for shooting and killing 26-year-old Botham Jean in his Dallas home in September.
EL PASO — In response to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials using illegal policies to delay or restrict individuals from seeking asylum, the ACLU Border Rights Center launched a program to document abuses at ports of entry.
HOUSTON — The ACLU of Texas is calling on the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate Harris County Juvenile Judge Glenn Devlin after he reportedly released nearly all of the children that appeared before him the day after he lost reelection.
DALLAS — Judge John Creuzot defeated incumbent Faith Johnson in the race for Dallas County district attorney. With more than half of the votes tallied, Creuzot had a wide lead of 60 percent of the vote.
EL PASO — As thousands headed to the polls on Election Day, the ACLU of Texas and the national ACLU sent a letter today to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting an investigation into a potential Voting Rights Act violation by the U.S. Border Patrol.