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Kimbra Kathryn Ogg (born 1959) is an American attorney and former prosecutor. From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2024, she was the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas.
More executions have taken place in Harris County than in every individual state aside from Texas, and more than Alabama and Georgia combined. [4] As of 2017, the county had executed 126 people since the 1976 legalization of capital punishment, leading it to be referred to as the "death penalty capital of the world."
HCTRA came into being in September 1983 after Harris County voters approved a $900 million bond referendum by a 7–3 margin to release up to $900 million in bonds to create two toll roads – the Hardy Toll Road and the Sam Houston Tollway – to improve the regional mobility and reduce traffic congestion in the Greater Houston area, an area known for rapid population growth.
Texas Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) is a bill that implements a form of voter identification law in the state of Texas. It is a revamped version of a previous Texas voter ID law (SB 14) that was introduced in 2011. [1] [2] SB 5 was filed on February 21, 2017 during the regular session of the eighty-fifth Texas Legislature.
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, [1] making it the most populous county in Texas and ...
Like more than 550 detention centers in so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions nationwide, the Fairfax County jail won't hold people without a court order after the completion of their sentence, even ...
The Brio Superfund site is a former industrial location in Harris County, Texas, at the intersection of Beamer Road and Dixie Farm Road, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Houston and adjacent to the Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site.
Renard, then a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, says he thought the best plan was to try to get the weapon out of his wife's hands. He says he tried and, during the struggle, the ...