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In 1974 the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), since merged into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), had about 17,000 prisoners; 44% were black, 39% were non-Hispanic white, 16% were Hispanic and Latino, and 1% were of other races. 96% were male and 4% were female. At the time all 14 prison units of the TDC were in Southeast Texas.
Property crime rates in the United States per 100,000 population beginning in 1960. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics. [needs update]Despite accusations, notably by Republicans and conservative media, of a "crime crisis" of soaring violent crime under Biden, FBI data indicated the violent crime rate had declined significantly during the president's first two years in office, after a spike ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 26 people have been executed since 2020. All of the people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [1]
While it is not true that "homicides are skyrocketing," recent trends in other kinds of violent crime are murkier. The FBI's Quiet Revision of Its 2022 Crime Numbers Adds Fuel to an Argument ...
Houston's murder rate in 2005 ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population). [1] In 2010, the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S. cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) [2 ...
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would make it a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and gives law enforcement the power to arrest and order migrants to ...
A post shared on social media purports President Joe Biden has pardoned over 8,000 people during his four years in office to cover up the administration’s crimes. Verdict: Misleading Much of the ...
Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history. 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting: Santa Fe: May 18, 2018: 10: School shooting 2019 El Paso shooting: El Paso: August 3, 2019: 23: Shooting inside a Walmart and its surrounding area. The shooter, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, was ...