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Bolts reports that Tarrant County sheriff's deputies pressed the thumb of a brain-dead detainee onto a bond release form, and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards later ruled he remained in custody when he died.
Tennessee's attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike reportedly failed after she survived two doses of lethal injection, prompting the governor to halt executions and order a third-party review.
Just the News reports the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council removed U.S. District Judge Ada Brown from her docket and ordered a psychiatric examination as part of an investigation into a judicial complaint over remarks she made to an attorney at a hearing.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office has indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales for allegedly striking a man with his vehicle during an October immigration operation, Just the News reported.
A former Southern Regional Jail correctional officer, Michael Pack, was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with other officers to use unjustified force on inmates, according to the Justice Department.
ProPublica reports it identified 519 incidents from January 2025 through Oct. 21, 2026 in which immigration agents reportedly detained U.S. citizens, while DHS says it does not arrest citizens.
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