Juan David Ortiz, an intelligence officer in Texas, told the police that he had wanted to “clean up the streets,” prosecutors said. He has said the confession was coerced.
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Supreme Court Weighs Reviving Biden Immigration Guidelines
The justices wrestled with questions about states’ standing to sue, whether the guidelines were lawful and the limits of judicial power over immigration.
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Crowded and Deadly, U.S. Jails Are in Crisis
In Houston, the jail has reached its highest population in a decade. More than half of the detainees who died there had a history of mental problems.
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Acting Uvalde Police Chief on Day of School Shooting Steps Down
Mariano Pargas Jr. was the acting chief of the Uvalde Police Department during the massacre. A state investigation found his decisions were faulty.