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One Man's Jail Misery in Harris County, Texasnew
Monte Killian has many of the health problems that people have who wind up in jail -- cavities in his teeth, blood clots in his leg, Hepatitis C and a full-blown case of AIDS. And without proper treatment, he continues to get sicker in the Harris County Jail.
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
11-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Disgruntled Prosecutors Scribble Complaints About the New Boss on a Blognew
The reformation of the Harris County district attorney's office remains incomplete. Murray Newman's blog has lately become a sort of bathroom wall for disgruntled prosecutors, the place to go to write something mean about the boss.
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
02-03-2009 |
Tech
How Many Innocent People Has Harris County, Texas, Sent to Prison?new
Texas has experienced 34 DNA exonerations -- more than any other state -- and "these compounding exonerations," as State Senator Rodney Ellis says, "are clear and convincing evidence that our criminal justice system is broken."
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
10-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
