Texas

'Texas 7' death row inmate claims judge was anti-Semitic

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The inmate is among a group that escaped from prison and committed multiple robberies, including one that killed a LEO

Lookout man for 'Texas 7' set for execution

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The man is the sixth member to die in the group of inmates who fatally shot an officer 11 times during a robbery

Why a layered screening strategy is critical for stopping contraband

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Smiths Detection

To keep drugs, weapons and other disruptive items out of your facility, first identify gaps in your screening process, then adopt a variety of policies and tools to plug the holes

Lawsuits claim Texas prison system ignores extreme temps behind bars

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Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defended the state in a similar case earlier this year, said these prisoners can’t prove their rights are being intentionally violated

Lawsuit: Texas prison too understaffed to take inmate to hospital for flesh-eating infection

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The lawsuit asks for the Texas prison system to step up their training so officers know to ensure adequate medical treatment in the future

Texas executes final inmate of 2018

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Alvin Braziel Jr. received lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1993 slaying of a 27-year-old jogger

Texas schedules last execution of 2018

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Alvin Braziel Jr., 43, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday for a 1993 murder

Death row inmate sues Texas parole board for having too many ex-LEOs

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Joseph Garcia is slated to die on Tuesday, close to two decades after busting out of a maximum-security prison and going on a crime spree that left a police officer dead

Inmate who claims 90 murders helps SC sheriff solve cold case

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Samuel Little, 79, began confessing to crimes across the country after he lost an appeal to the life sentences he is serving for strangling 3 women

Texas inmate confesses to 90 murders

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Investigators have been able to corroborate 30

Authorities: Dallas inmate climbed gate to escape

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The inmate was being held on charges of evading arrest, resisting arrest, unlawful carrying of a weapon, burglary of a vehicle, driving while intoxicated and drug possession