Tag: police accountability
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY CORRUPTION
Why You Should Read This Paper Williamson County Corruption: The Machine That Outlived Its MakersBy LeRoy Nellis II Williamson County, Texas has spent decades selling the myth of “law and order.” But behind that slogan lies a system where justice became performance, loyalty replaced integrity, and silence became survival. This paper pulls back the curtain…
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Legal Argument: The Constitutionality and Legality of Restraint Chair Use in Texas Correctional Facilities
I. IssueWhether the use of a restraint chair on adult inmates in Texas jails and prisons, as authorized under 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 273.6, comports with constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, and substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment—particularly in cases involving mentally ill or medically vulnerable detainees.…
LeRoy Nellis 