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Can you *really* say you are an expert in criminal justice and public safety if you aren't subscribed to our weekly Round-Up email of news stories? If not, then frankly, the jury is still out on that question.
What is the Round-Up? Here's a little taste of the front page:
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In trial, two is one and one is none. If you don't have at least two ways to get that exhibit into evidence or get that witness to admit that thing, it's not happening.
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In Trump's pardon economy, crime victims lost out on at least $119 million in restitution
(@gekaminsky, @BySteveReilly & John Kelly)
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By far the coolest part of the Texas Election Code is the chapter allowing astronauts, many of whom live around Houston, to vote from space. 🚀🌕👨🚀
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The head of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, which manages the state's five youth prisons, has resigned. It's not immediately clear why TJJD Executive Director Shandra Carter stepped down, but the decision came after the agency placed all of its youth prisons under an extended lockdown. texastribune.org/2026/10/23/…
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Don’t Let This Be Your Teen’s Last Time on the Road.
According to the @NHTSAgov, 2,162 young drivers died in traffic crashes in 2024. That’s 2,162 families changed forever.
Start the safe-driving conversation before it’s too late.
#NationalTeenDriverSafetyWeek #PublicSafety
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Here’s Who’s Running for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals thetexan.news/elections/2026…
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A lawyer’s brain has 47 open tabs about legal matters and one randomly playing a song from 2009.
Q: But has it resulted in less inter-personal crime? 🤔
Americans have a "revealed preference" for doing less of basically everything except going online and I have serious doubts that this is making us happier.
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NEW: Van Zandt County deputy killed, Canton police officer injured in shootout with wanted suspect
wfaa.com/article/news/crime/… @wfaa
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Should Texas Build a Statewide Prosecutor for One County? | Rep. @CarlTepper
Governor Abbott wants a statewide prosecutor. Rep. Carl Tepper is not sure Texas should build one because one county keeps reelecting its district attorney.
On the day of the House Select Committee on Governmental Oversight hearing, Tepper (R–Lubbock) walks through the case against Travis County DA José Garza, missing indictment deadlines, a three-strikes idea for repeat misdemeanors, and why he would rather not fund a new statewide office for a problem in one county.
@bradswail
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Most of my readers at Original Jurisdiction are lawyers, judges, or law students.
FWIW, they don’t draw a distinction between “lawyer” and “attorney” (screenshot and link to poll, which remains open, below).
LINK: bit.ly/4dNTS9W
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👉General Election Day: November 3
👉Filing Legislation Begins ahead of the 90th #txlege session: November 9
👉Interim Committee Reports Published: November to December
👉Comptroller publishes Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE): January 2027
👉90th Session begins: January 12, 2027
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Interview: Speaker Burrows Says Texas House to Investigate Truthfulness of Testimony from Travis County DA's Office thetexan.news/issues/crimina…
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Today a former member of Team Alvarado was admitted to the bar and sworn into the @HarrisCountyDAO.
Give ‘em hell, Jacob!
