Why Does It Always Seem To Be Texas?

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DALLAS – A judge on Monday overturned the 1993 conviction of a deaf man who was sent to prison for raping a 5-year-old girl despite an absence of physical evidence linking him to the attack.

Stephen Brodie, 39, dropped his head in relief after an interpreter signed to him that Judge Lena Levario had set aside his conviction on the grounds of actual innocence. He then turned to face the courtroom audience, some of whom waved both hands in the air — sign language for applause.
-Associated Press

It happened here a couple times, but it seems Texas has had some seriously corrupt police, judges, and prosecutors for decades!  Have they ever prosecuted or at least fired any of these corrupt individuals who've ruined innocent lives and families?

Will M.. · Accepted Answer

Doug4,
Texas...
I do think it is different than the rest of the country,
If only simply.. More so...
It goes back to the dichotomous tradition of seizing Texas as a slave State by the wealthy, and the minions of the wealthy. Mexico had outlawed slavery--- which is, in two sentences, the whole story of the Alamo.
That these Traffickers are eulogized as Freedom fighters is the Crass-est class based fiction.
Texans are "tough on crime" if the criminal is small enough. Poor enough. or swarthy enough.The indictments against Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales for their private Prisons get quickly dropped and D.A.'s fired.
Yet
Waco and the murderous eminent domain Land seizures for the "Nafta corridor" is barbaric example enough of how Texan's are--"tough on crime." Indict the victims of it.
The influence it has on books, education, Fundamentalist "thought", as a drug corridor, and subsidies for the already wealthy makes it the prototype  of the two tiered society.
>>>>>>>Will M

WHO · Answer

Texas is tough on crime . But they are no more corrupt then anywhere else . It is just more visible . It has long been known that if you are going to commit a crime stay far away from Texas . There are a lot of innocent people in jails all across the country and sad to say a lot more guilty people still walking the streets .

HD · Answer

texas is still the wild west and are quite serious on crime. it wasn't until several years ago when one single joint would get you life in prison. texas. texas is not a place to fool around, they're tough. it all goes back to the cattle rustling days where possession one someones else's property would get you hung and that strong stance on crime remains today.

Anonymous · Answer

This is everywhere...not just in Texas. Corruption lives everywhere humans do.

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