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(Image by Jody Davis from Pixabay via Courthouse News) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — More than a dozen Texans have been convicted based on the false testimony of jailhouse informants. Agreeing on the need for a safeguard against perjured testimony of opportunistic prisoners, the Texas House passed a bill Tuesday that will task judges with vetting their credibility in pretrial hearings. John Nolley thought there was no way a jury would convict after him Tarrant County prosecutors charged him for the murder of his friend Sharon McLane, who was found with multiple stab wounds in her apartment in the Fo...

  Tulanians donated hundreds of toys and a record-breaking $6,300-plus to the annual Staff Advisory Council Toy Drive benefiting Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children this year. Online contributions topped the previous record of $4,170 in 2014, and nearly doubled last year’s total of $3,226. “I didn’t know what to expect this year given the extraordinary circumstances, but we were absolutely blown away by the generosity of the Tulane community,” said Trina Beck, assistant dean for the Honors Program at Newcomb-Tulane College, who serves as the community service chair ...