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Texas has one of the highest prison populations in the United States with a population of approximately 150,000 people. [10] TCRP created the Criminal Injustice Reform program to fight against the injustices in Texas's criminal legal system and put an end to mass incarcerations and mass entanglements within the criminal system.
Section 264 of the Criminal Code, titled "criminal harassment", [52] addresses acts which are termed "stalking" in many other jurisdictions. The provisions of the section came into force in August 1993 with the intent of further strengthening laws protecting women. [ 53 ]
An FBI SWAT team during training. Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address.
A judge blasted efforts by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to shutter one of the oldest and largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border in a scathing ruling Tuesday, accusing the ...
Non-molestation orders are a type of injunction used to protect an individual from intimidation or harassment. Breaching a non-molestation order is a criminal offence. [19] Under the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004, cohabiting same-sex couples are able to seek a non-molestation order. [20]
Several of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees this week were on the receiving end of bomb threats and a form of criminal harassment called "swatting," his camp said.. According to a ...
Though no legal action has happened in Texas’ case against the new Title IX rules, on June 11 a North Texas U.S. District Court struck down nonbinding guidance from the Education Department in ...
Cyberstalking is a criminal offense under various state anti-stalking, slander and harassment laws. A conviction can result in a restraining order, probation, or criminal penalties against the assailant, including jail. Cyberstalking is often defined as unwanted behavior.