Conviction integrity units expand in Texas and beyond
The rise of conviction integrity units across the U S is cited for revealing questionable convictions and exonerations, including 125 in 2014 and 39 in Texas with 33 drug cases in Harris County. In San Antonio Bexar County’s unit reviews about 200 cases in its first year and works on 500 more post conviction cases involving DNA with a three person office.
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Texas
Harris County
Bexar County
Nico LaHood
Woody Halstead
Integrity Unity
Express-News
Rogelio Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Ruth Jones McClendon
Atascosa
Rene Pena
Texas District and County Attorneys Association
Vincent DiMaio
Texas Forensic Science Commission
Senate
Greg Abbott
McClendon
Ellis
Texas Criminal Justice System
SAN Antonio Express-News
State Officials Craddick and Landgraf Contacts Listed
Rep. Tom Craddick of Midland and Rep. Brooks Landgraf of Odessa are listed with district and Austin offices. Craddick contact details include Room CAP 1W.09 Capitol Austin TX 78768 and phone 512 463 0500. Landgraf offices in Odessa and Austin provide street, suite numbers, fax 432 332 0394 and 512 463 8067, with emails provided.
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Tom Craddick
Republican
Midland
Capitol
P.O
Austin
Tinyur
Brooks Landgraf
Odessa
West 4Th St
Capitol Extension
Brooks
Landgraf
House State Us
Fighting for the soul of the GOP
Mona Charen, attorney and syndicated columnist, formerly a speech writer in the Reagan White House, reflects on ideological strands within the Republican Party and the battles shaping its direction.
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Charen
Reagan White House
Kemp Forum debates poverty and reform conservatives
In Columbia South Carolina a Kemp Forum gathering of six Republican presidential hopefuls discussed poverty and expanding opportunity. Ben Carson Marco Rubio and others spoke on education reform crime control and welfare reform while Cruz and Trump skipped. Paul Ryan and Tim Scott highlighted mediation by family church and private charities in alleviating poverty.
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Marco Rubio
Mike Huckabee
Ted Cruz
Donald Trump
Cruz
Trump
Sen. Cruz
House
Paul Ryan
Kemp Forum
Jack Kemp
Ryan
South Carolina
Tim Scott
Scott
Mitt Romney
Ben Carson
Bush
Kasich
Christie
Nikki Haley
Lindsay Graham
Chris Christie
Rubio
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Laura Dennis
SandHills
Jeff Koterba
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