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Harris County officials appoint Judge Genesis Draper as new chief public defender
For the first time in more than a decade, a new face will lead the Harris County Public Defender's Office. Commissioners ...
Harris County outsourcing roughly 1,300 inmates out of the state. Here's the data
The Harris County Sheriff's Office outsources the housing of roughly 1,300 inmates in out-of-state private facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Harris County jury sentences Oscar Rosales to death for 2022 killing of constable’s corporal
Rosales, 55, was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway during a ...
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Judge Genesis Draper appointed as first Black female to lead Harris County Public Defender’s Office
Harris County commissioners appointed Draper, a former state and federal public defender, at the June 12 court meeting.
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Federal lawsuit filed against Harris County, jail detention officers accused in woman’s beating
Security footage provided to Houston Public Media shows Anasia Smith, 22 years old at the time, arguing with detention ...
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13 Investigates sharp rise in Harris County's juvenile violent crime rate as groups try intervention
"These things seem to be happening more often, and they seem to be more brazen," Allen Otto, the Harris County District Attorney's Office chief prosecutor, said. According to Otto, violent ...
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Why Harris County is suing the Texas attorney general's office to withhold public records
Harris County is battling Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office over its ability to withhold election records that have been requested under the state's public information law.