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Detective's dedication solves cold case, leading to 60-year sentence for 2019 Galveston murder
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — A Galveston County jury has sentenced a Texas City man to prison for a 2019 murder, according to a news release from Galveston County Criminal District Attorney Jack Roady.
Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to select execution method
Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...
North Texas lawmakers want more oversight, transparency surrounding jail deaths
When oversight laws are ignored or transparency is lacking, it sends the wrong message that accountability is optional.” ...
US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...