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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.
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The charges stem from accusations that in 2011 Paxton tried to solicit investors in a McKinney technology company without disclosing that it was paying him to promote its stock. The attorney general has pleaded not guilty.
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Kenneth Knotts, 41, died in hospital police custody after being taken in for a mental health crisis. His death was ruled a homicide.
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An Oak Cliff man, who lost his job as a security guard after he was wrongfully arrested, says Dallas police racially profiled him and mistook him for a violent criminal.
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Some human remains in Tarrant County have gone unidentified for decades.