Death row inmates lose TV privileges in Texas move
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice moves 55 inmates from Ellis Unit to the newer Terrell Unit. The change reduces TV access but adds single cells, tempered air, and tighter security in 84-cell pods across six death row sections. Warden Treen says staff anticipate easier management in the new setup.
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Jenkins
Robert Treen
DNA match nets first Texas life term in crime case
In Granbury, Texas, Lester Parks, 41, received a life sentence after a DNA database match linked him to two 1993 knifepoint assaults on sisters aged 10 and 11. Parks, already serving a 15 year indecency sentence, confessed after the match and faces further charges in Taylor and Brown counties.
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Babysitter Held After Toddler Severely Injured
In Dallas a 23 month old boy, Sedrick Seamster, remained clinging to life after sustaining head injuries and internal organ damage from blunt force trauma. An 11 year old babysitter, left to care for him and siblings, is in juvenile detention charged with injury to a child.
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