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- Should the U.S. lower the legal drinking age?
August 20, 2008 - Charging Dallas County inmates for jail time a bad idea
August 18, 2008 - Fort Worth has a homeless solution that may actually work
August 12, 2008 - Dallas public defender caseloads deemed too high by state indigent defense task force
July 23, 2008 - Dallas to create specialized prostitution court
July 11, 2008 - Plano and Collin County in midst of series of ugly scandals
July 6, 2008 - Dallas Public Defender purge raises legal and policy concerns
July 2, 2008 - DWI: A social problem masquerading as a crime?
June 30, 2008 - Dallas County exonerates 18th prisoner after DNA testing
June 27, 2008 - Dallas public defender saves county money compared to neighbors
June 12, 2008 - Dallas Police Department to test officers for steroids
June 11, 2008 - Dallas public defender office faces possible cuts thanks to underuse by judges
June 4, 2008 - Should James Fantroy be required to confess?
May 29, 2008 - Dallas court identifies saliva as a "deadly weapon"
May 19, 2008 - Dallas using GPS in pilot truancy program
May 13, 2008 - First officer from Dallas fake drug scandal heads to prison
May 6, 2008 - Dallas DA proposes penalties for Brady violations
May 5, 2008 - Dallas Sheriff: Deputies were right to allow armed robbery by snitch
May 1, 2008 - Dallas courts slowed down after adding two new judges
April 28, 2008 - Reducing Dallas jail's "debtor prison" function would save money, reduce overcrowding
April 21, 2008 - Nanny statism not just a Dallas trend
April 1, 2008 - Dallas officers fired for ticket scandal believed end justified the means
March 31, 2008 - Rockwall DA sentenced for corruption
March 26, 2008 - Dallas will inactivate some red light cameras that worked "too well"
March 20, 2008 - RateMyCop.com good idea, but should be government function
March 18, 2008 - Exonerated Carrollton man faces difficulties adjusting to free world life
February 28, 2008 - Lubbock reconsidering red light cameras; more cities to follow?
February 25, 2008 - Dallas police surveillance cameras may not reduce crime
January 25, 2008 - Properly staffing Dallas jail cost big bucks, with more to come
January 17, 2008 - Dallas jail gets surprise inspection
January 15, 2008 - Last of the 'pen writers' still plying trade in Dallas courthouse
January 9, 2008 - Dallas police teaming up with UNT for research-training institute
January 9, 2008 - Dallas "DNA Blues Ball" to raise money to exonerate innocent prisoners
November 20, 2007 - Dallas jail's good time policy unfairly criticized by media
November 19, 2007 - Arlington reinstates police officer who used steroids
November 13, 2007 - Texas jail commissary corruption may run deeper than anyone knew
October 19, 2007 - Possible methodology flaw in Dallas eyewitness ID study
October 3, 2007 - Dallas police department to participate in study of lineup procedures
October 1, 2007 - Dallas judge improperly links ability to make bail to appointing counsel
September 28, 2007 - No money to fix jail, but Dallas Sheriff says she can afford new SWAT team
September 24, 2007 - Past Dallas DAs concealed exculpatory polygraph in capital case
September 19, 2007 - Sheriffs more likely than police departments to welcome new arrest discretion
September 3, 2007 - Dog training program reduces inmate discipline incidents 63% at private prison
September 3, 2007 - Tricky statistics don't make Dallas safer, or even look safer
August 21, 2007 - Speed Reading on Death Row
August 21, 2007 - Will Democrats field candidates against Texas Court of Criminal Appeals?
August 11, 2007 - Why not make visiting prisoners easier in Texas?
July 31, 2007 - DMN expose' finds flaws with TYC private contractors
July 30, 2007 - Tarrant County shows improved case tracking can reduce jail overcrowding
July 25, 2007 - Texas prosecutors reflect on 80th session
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