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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for voters to replace three judges on the state Court of Criminal Appeals over his disapproval of a 2021 election fraud ruling.
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A Cleburne man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued in California last year when a passerby saw her hold up a “Help Me!” sign in a parked car.
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An analyst found that only three of 10 justices of the peace courts are "outstanding" at updating and maintaining court records with Dallas County's Odyssey software.
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans says the Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require that Texas hospitals provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy.
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Specialized juvenile dockets will be available in 49 immigration courts around the country. Specially trained staff and judges will manage the cases.
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A jury in Dallas convicted Lisa Dykes of murder and tampering with evidence Wednesday in the 2020 killing of Marisela Botello-Valadez. The verdict followed a seven-day trial.
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Watkins was praised nationally for freeing wrongfully convicted prisoners but also was known for a controversial tenure as Dallas County's district attorney.
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A judge has issued a temporary injunction against Dallas' new rules for short-term rentals, a week before they were set to be enforced. Operators suing the city say the regulations "blatantly violate the state constitution."
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The Dallas County District Attorney's Office has established a protocol for defense attorneys whose cases may be affected by deletion of Dallas Police Department body-worn camera videos.
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7 women who were denied reproductive health care in Texas have joined an ongoing lawsuit.
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Brewer lost a clemency appeal earlier this week, despite one of his jurors pleading that his life be spared and an expert witness’ methods put into question. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause Brewer’s execution Thursday afternoon to hear arguments about the “junk science” used against him.
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The mother of a 22-year-old transgender Dallas woman who was fatally shot in 2019 has tearfully insisted to the man who pleaded guilty in the slaying that she’s carrying on the advocacy work her daughter started. Stephanie Houston, the mother of Muhlaysia Booker, was among the people giving victim impact statements in court on Thursday.