Judge calls for rewrite of child rape law in Texas
Brownsville Texas judge Raul Gonzalez says current state law allows defendants to go free when a victim’s past sexual conduct is cited. He cited the Almanza case in which a 15 year old cousin testified of earlier intercourse and noted that past promiscuity is a defense, urging legislative change for clearer justice.
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Brownsville
Texas
Raul Gonzalez
Alvaro Almanza
Gonzalez
Body found may be missing Dallas girl Elizabeth Barclay
Grief stricken parents awaited confirmation that the decomposed body found near a Wills Point gravel road is 7 year old Elizabeth Lynn Barclay abducted October 23 from Dallas. Investigators matched clothing and dental records but decomposed remains required dental ID. Police pursued leads, including psychic tips, while examining suspects and sex offender files.
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Dallas
Elizabeth Lynn Barclay
Wills Point
B. G. Maroney
Maroney
Barclay
Elizabeth
Scott
J.R. Potter
Credit insurance rate cuts proposed in Texas board plan
State Insurance Board staff propose rate reductions saving a $6,000 loan about 43 dollars on credit life and credit accident and health premiums. Cuts range 14 percent for life and 10 percent for accident and health. New rules target middlemen like Aubrey Gordon and limit brokered handling while boosting insurer oversight and policy delivery timelines. Premiums would fall to 50 cents per 100 on life and 3.46 dollars per 100 on accident and health, with total four year loan costs dropping accordingly. Commissioners also seek lower banker commissions from 35 to 25 percent for life and 20 percent for accident and health to further cut premiums.
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Austin
Texas
State Insurance Board
Houston
Aubrey Jerald Gordon
Gordon
Phoenix Companies
Eagle Financial Services
E.J. Voorhis
Voorhis
Doyce Lee
Lee
Three female inmates escape from Goree Unit in Texas
Texas Rangers and Department of Public Safety join Corrections officers in a search for three Harris County robbery inmates who escaped the Goree Unit by scaling a fence between 11 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. today. Sylvia Jean Brown 37 Patricia Ann Watson 32 and Mary Lou Santellana 30 face felony escape warrants. Officers found them missing at the 2 a.m. count. authorities do not regard them as armed and consider an awaiting car possible.
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Huntsville
Texas
Texas Rangers
Department of Public Safety
Department of Corrections
TDC
Goree
Rick Hartley
Harris County
Hartley
Sylvia Jean Brown
Patricia Ann Watson
Mary Lou Santellana
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