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Judge awards $6.6 million to whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBI
Read full article: Judge awards $6.6 million to whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBIA district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages.
Texas executes Wesley Ruiz despite ongoing fight over state’s use of old lethal injection drugs
Read full article: Texas executes Wesley Ruiz despite ongoing fight over state’s use of old lethal injection drugsRuiz was convicted in the 2007 shooting death of Dallas police Senior Cpl. Mark Nix after a high-speed chase.
Judge orders Texas to stop using expired lethal injection drugs, throwing Tuesday’s execution of Robert Fratta in doubt
Read full article: Judge orders Texas to stop using expired lethal injection drugs, throwing Tuesday’s execution of Robert Fratta in doubtFratta was convicted in the 1994 murder-for-hire of his wife. Lawyers are challenging Texas’ routine of extending the expiration dates of its lethal drugs, a practice begun when many pharmacies began refusing to provide doses for executions.