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Poll: Texans Strongly Support Criminal Justice Reforms

A new poll released by Right on Crime, a project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), shows that Texas voters strongly support the criminal justice reforms passed in recent years, and would like to see those reforms continue.

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Childhood Criminalized: Suspended in Elementary School

Remember the poptart gun? The Nerf gun? The Lego gun? The pointed finger gun? In another time, these typical boy toys would have gotten as little notice as the old fashioned cap gun but in a world where the list of childhood offenses also includes possession of a novelty pen or a Hello Kitty bubble gun, it comes as little surprise that a Lord of the Rings “magic ring” got nine-year-old Aiden Steward suspended from his elementary school in Kermit, Texas.

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Study: Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms Having Positive Effect

A new nonpartisan study released on Thursday revealed positive effects from juvenile justice reforms passed in Texas during recent years, with the state showing a significant drop in the juvenile incarceration rate while the juvenile crime rate also fell during the same time period.