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Texas Leaders Have Repeatedly Claimed the State’s Voting Maps are Race Blind. Until the Trump DOJ Disagreed.
Texas is set to redraw congressional maps amid concerns of racial gerrymandering, following a DOJ letter. Legal challenges loom ahead.
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Hearing set for Robert Roberson, father accused of killing daughter in 2003, amid execution date dispute with Texas AG
Robert Roberson, convicted of the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2003, faces a new execution date despite new evidence ...
Hearing set for Robert Roberson’s execution date in shaken baby case
The Texas Attorney General's office has requested Robert Roberson's execution date be set for Oct. 16. A judge will weigh the ...
Bexar County judge: Change in Presiding Court system will be 'catastrophic'
County officials estimate it will cost an additional $4 million to $9 million a year if the central-docketing system is eliminated.
Confessed serial killer's request to have sentence overturned and to get new trial denied
William Reece confessed to several crimes in Oklahoma and Texas during the late 1980s and into the 1990s. He filed an appeal ...
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US appeals court scraps 9/11 mastermind's plea deal
A US appeals court on Friday scrapped 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's plea agreement that would have taken the death ...
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Plain Speaking Wins the Day with D.C. Court of Appeals: Proxy Advisors Are Not Subject to SEC Rule 14(A) Solicitation Prohibition
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently held that the Securities and Exchange ...
Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks
A divided federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal that would have spared him the risk ...