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2. Crime in Houston - Wikipedia

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   Prior to 1923, Harris County took responsibility for executions of inmates in criminal cases involving the county. [16] In 1853 the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially the cemetery was the execution site, but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities. [17] In 1923 the ...

3. Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...

4. Criminal records in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Criminal records in the United States contain records of arrests, criminal charges and the disposition of those charges. [1] Criminal records are compiled and updated on local, state, and federal levels by government agencies, [2] most often law enforcement agencies. Their primary purpose is to present a comprehensive criminal history for a ...

5. Presumed Innocent, Found Dead - Tracking Jail Deaths Since ...

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   The jail was issued a noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to identification. Jail or Agency: Hunt County Criminal Justice Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 3/1/2016; Date of death: 6/13/2016; Age at death: 36; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.heraldbanner.com

6. Texas District Courts - Wikipedia

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   Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...

7. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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   The oldest federal civil building in Texas, the 1861 Customs and Courthouse in Galveston, once housed the Southern District of Texas. Federal Courthouse in Galveston that housed the court & its predecessor, from 1891–1917 [2] Since its foundation, the Southern District of Texas has been served by forty-one District Judges and six Clerks of Court.