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John Raley hopes to become one of the states newest legislators in 2022 after the retirement of state Sen. Joe Bolkcom.

Williamson Country District Attorney John Bradley faced a resounding defeat in a race that became a referendum on his handling of the Michael Morton case. 

Death: Sunday, May 02, 2021 at the age of 94 Frances Thelma Raley, was a compassionate and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away peacefully on May 2, 2021 at age 94. She was born to Francis Guy Hill and Myrtle Louise Thompson on June 10, 1926. Soon after graduating from Margaret Brent high school, Thelma met her husband, Harry C. Raley and married in 1946 at the Holy Face church. Together, they shared over 66 years of marriage and 5 children. Thelma was happiest...

Holiday fun peaks this week and it’s evident in this week’s list of best virtual bets. But we’ve still got some counterprogramming options for those out there who have had their fill of holiday cheer. Keep reading for some suggestions of things to keep you happy and entertained at home this coming week. A sidewalk St. Nick is put to the test when a little boy needs help finding his way home in John Kendrick Bangs’ “Santa Claus and Little Billee,” the short story featured in the fin...

TX Supreme Court orders Alfred Brown, wrongfully convicted of murder, be compensated for time behind bars FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Alfred Dewayne Brown, 33, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in October 2005. After 12 years imprisoned, his conviction was overturned after the discovery of evidence substantiating his alibi.Marie D. De Jesus, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Alfred Brown walks out of the Harris County Jail with his daughter Kierra Brown, 15, ri...

Editorial: Finally, Texas does right by Alfred Dewayne Brown Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Alfred Dewayne Brown, 33, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in October 2005. After 12 years imprisoned, his conviction was overturned after the discovery of evidence substantiating his alibi.Marie D. De Jesus, Staff / Houston Chronicle There may be no worse act a government can commit against one of its citizens than to sentence him to death for a crime he did not commit. But in ...

On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Alfred Dewayne Brown is entitled to monetary compensation from the Texas Comptroller’s Office due to his near decade on death row for a crime investigators later found he did not commit. Back in 2005, Brown was convicted of murdering Houston Police Officer Charles Clark and sentenced to death. But in 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out Brown’s conviction after a Harris County detective found phone records that corrobo...

Republican. >> credit where credit is due. this came to light in 2002 in the modern glare looking at how, what a violation of human rights this was, how this is really the ugly side of reproductive, state-sponsored reproductive control. >> uh-huh. so theres a sort of connection to folks that are considering themselves pro life that say this is precisely the ugliness that we stand opposed to? >> i suppose you could see it that way. you could also see it the denial of reproductive autonomy for peo...

Same excuse when the slaves were alive. the strategy was to run out the clock. it was the same then and the same today. >> north carolina created the eugenics board tasked with sterilizing mentally diseased or fetal minded people. its business was every bit as ugly as its name suggests. >> there are some people that i didnt know that i know what i was finding. >> john raley of the "win some salem journal" has been investigating the program over a decade. >> the north carolina eugenics board for ...

sent back. more importantly, they may not make it. >> its a crisis that has inflamed the anti-immigration base of the republican party and has created the political conditions in which republicans can finally admit to doing what they have wanted to do all along, and that is is kill immigration reform. we will talk about that in just a moment. near the border, though, the first lady of honduras, anna garcia de hernandez is visiting immigration facilities and detention centers where thou...