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Texas Senator John Cornyn announced yesterday at the Harris County Courthouse that he has a bill in the works that would prevent incarcerated felons from making a profit of their personal belongings or art - "murderabilia," if you will. The bill is championed by victims' rights organizations, but the constitutionality of such a law is questionable. Houston victims' rights advocate and director of the Mayor's Crime Victims Office Andy Kahan has been fighting the sale... more ›

One of the world's potentially worst jobs is about to get amazingly better — well, relatively amazingly, anyway: Effective Sunday, Texas jurors will have their first pay raise since 1954. The pay will be $40 a day, up from the current $6 — it's not going to pay your bills (unless you're a serial jurist), but it'll at least cover parking and lunch. more ›