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From Texas Standard:The Texas Legislature has discussed the idea of raising the age of criminal responsibility during the two most recent sessions. It’s a…
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From Texas Standard:Texas is one of six states that tries 17-year-olds as adults. But a new bill wants Texas to follow the national trend of raising the…
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About 15 middle- and high-school students sit in a row of seats in a dark courtroom on a Monday night at Austin Municipal Court. A few of the students are…
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Lunchtime is wrapping up at Austin High School, just west of downtown. As students walk back inside, Austin ISD Police Officer Chris Roddy walks out. He…
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From Texas Standard:Miguel Navarro is 5’ 3’’ and small-framed. When reporters Alain Stephens and Hannah McBride speak to him, he’s in handcuffs and ankle…
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From Texas Standard:A small school in North Texas will receive a donation of more than $3,500 for its football team. In a world of million-dollar sports…
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Juvenile offenders in Texas were placed in solitary confinement 36,820 times last year. That’s according to state records obtained by the civil rights…
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More than half of young people in Texas correctional facilities, 56 percent, have some diagnosed mental illness.The latest figures were presented to…
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AFD Gets Money to Hire More FirefightersThe Austin Fire Department is getting more than $5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to hire 36…
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Texas Inmate Put to Death Using Single-Drug ConcoctionThe State of Texas executed Yokamon Hearn yesterday evening. He was put to death for the 1998…