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More executions have taken place in Harris County than in every individual state aside from Texas, and more than Alabama and Georgia combined. [4] As of 2017, the county had executed 126 people since the 1976 legalization of capital punishment, leading it to be referred to as the "death penalty capital of the world."
Kimbra Kathryn Ogg (born 1959) is an American attorney and former prosecutor. From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2024, she was the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas.
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the ...
Combined, the eight precincts in Harris County employ nearly 1,800 deputy constables. [ 7 ] In the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2000, which was published by the US DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics, it was noted that there were 2,630 full-time, sworn constables/deputy constables in Texas.
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, [1] ... and 24,000 local jobs generated. ...
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the 1,118 square miles (2,900 km 2) of unincorporated area of Harris County, serving as the equivalent of the county police for the approximately 1,071,485 people living in the unincorporated areas of the county. In Texas, sheriffs and their deputies are fully empowered ...
Adrian Garcia (born December 26, 1960) is an American politician and the current County Commissioner for Precinct 2 in Harris County, Texas.Garcia spent 23 years with the Houston Police Department, before becoming a city councilman.
Christian Dashaun Menefee is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as County Attorney for Harris County, Texas.Elected in 2020, Menefee is the youngest person and first African-American to serve as chief civil lawyer for the largest county in Texas.