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The update involved a burglary suspect who died in police custody last month. The nab, Frank Ruiz, admitted to substance abuse and had history of seizures, they said.
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Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.
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A break-in suspect died over the weekend while under police custody. He sustained an injury prior to Dallas Police arriving to the house.
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Dallas police say the man was holding a knife and threatening to harm himself and others in the house.
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The rules require counties with over 400,000 residents to submit detailed reports and grant the Texas Attorney General’s Office access to case files.
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Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price says vehicles used in his district are outdated and should be replaced, like the district attorney's new SUVs.
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In separate lawsuits, five urban prosecutors argue the AG's new requirements exceed his legal authority.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton's office asked a Dallas County judge to set the execution of Charles Don Flores. His attorneys say they're not done trying to prove he was convicted using a debunked technique.
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More than two dozen deaths in the Tarrant County Jail were not independently investigated as required. Now Tarrant County is investigating a Dallas County jail death.
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David Rojas was found guilty after forensic genetic genealogy linked him to Mary Kelly's 1989 murder and rape in Oak Cliff.
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David Rojas is accused of strangling and raping Oak Cliff resident Mary Hague Kelly in 1989.
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Texas has paid more than $50 million to compensate people wrongfully convicted of crimes in Dallas County.