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After four prosecutors and nearly six years, El Paso DA decides it’s time to stop pursuing the death penalty for mass shooter

The new DA campaigned on seeking the death penalty for the 2019 massacre, but said he offered the gunman a plea deal of life in prison to avoid dragging out the case for several more years.

The Texas Tribune

Walmart gunman won’t face the death penalty, family says

The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal charges in 2023.

The Texas Tribune

Despite Recent Cases, a Texas District Attorney says El Paso is not "Ground Zero" for Tren de Aragua Activity

By labeling the gang as a foreign terrorist organization, Texas can now increase resources to combat the group as well as creating a dedicated task force

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Texas judge dismisses riot charges against migrants who stormed border gates

The magistrate, Ruben Morales, said he didn't have jurisdiction over the cases because they weren't filed properly

Latin Times

Texas judge dismisses rioting charges against hundreds of migrants who rushed a border gate

The same judge had previously dismissed 140 other cases related to a similar incident. A district attorney, in turn, presented misdemeanor charges.

Latin Times

DPS has charged hundreds of migrants who rushed a border gate with rioting. A judge has thrown out the charges.

Two different groups surged through an El Paso border gate. An El Paso judge has twice thrown out the resulting criminal charges.

The Texas Tribune

Texas grand jury indicts over 100 migrants on rioting charges for attempting to breach the border

The decision took place after a county judge dismissed the cases saying there was no probable cause to keep them in jail

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Texas Arrests Over 200 Migrants Who Rushed Border Gate in El Paso: What Charges Are They Facing?

El Paso Chief Public Defender Kelli Childress contested the charges, saying they were unfounded and that her office would challenge them

Latin Times

More than 200 migrants arrested after rushing an El Paso border gate

Gov. Greg Abbott said Department of Public Safety troopers had been instructed to “arrest every illegal immigrant involved” in the March 21 breach in which National Guard members were allegedly assaulted.

The Texas Tribune

"I may be naive, but what performer wants his audience dead?": Watch comedian Bill Hicks point out the absurdity of Judas Priest's subliminal message trial

In 1990 Judas Priest were taken to court over alleged subliminal messages, a year later comedian Bill Hicks pointed out the absurdity of the situation

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Bill Hicks: the scorching standup who thought comedy could change the world

Thirty years after his death, the Texan who set out to ‘topple idols’ remains an outlaw truth-teller for many but his raging material can land with a clunk

The Guardian - UK

Mother accused of playing on phone and ignoring toddler as he drowned at Texas water park

Jessica Weaver’s arrest comes after she filed a lawsuit against the city of El Paso over the death of three-year-old Anthony Leo Malave

The Independent UK

Mother who filed $1m lawsuit over son’s death is accused of ignoring him as he drowned

The mother’s attorney claims the criminal charges are a retaliation for her lawsuit against the city

The Independent UK

Fila Brazillia: "Growing up, we were super analogue – guitars, bass, drums; proper bands. But as we got into machines, we used the best of both worlds"

Steve Cobby and David ‘Man’ McSherry talk us through the making of their sample-happy 1995 album Maim That Tune

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El Paso Walmart shooter sentenced to 90 life terms

EL PASO, Texas – PPatrick Crusius, the confessed mass shooter who pleaded guilty to killing 23 people at an El Paso Walmart nearly four years ago, was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life terms in federal prison.

The Guardian - UK

Standup Jim Gaffigan: ‘I never wanted to do us-and-them comedy’

The Grammy-nominated US comedian with a nice-guy reputation has warmed up for the pope and doesn’t swear on stage. But since he called out Trump on Twitter, are we seeing a new, spikier side to the ‘king of clean’?

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