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  Motorist behind anti-Trump sticker mulling possible legal action

  By John Suayan | Tuesday, Nov 21, 2017 @ 10:04am

  HOUSTON – A Fort Bend County woman who drew controversy and the attention of law enforcement with her expletive-laced anti-Donald Trump sticker is reportedly considering legal action.

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• Rosenberg man claims Fort Bend Co. officers used excessive force, caused eye injury

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Thursday, Dec 12, 2013 @ 11:00am

  HOUSTON - Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy E. Nehls and a group of his officers face legal action from a man complaining of an eye injury he sustained during an arrest in late 2011.

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• Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility-When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Postscript)

  By John G. Browning | Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 @ 12:11pm

  The first four parts of this series chronicled how for years, Texas courts unquestioningly accepted junk science in the form of controversial "dog-scent lineups" that purported to tie accused individuals to a whole host of heinous crimes.

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• Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility-When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Part 3)

  By John G. Browning | Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 @ 6:52am

  In the previous installments in this series, we examined the controversial use of so-called "dog-scent lineups" in Texas, and how they've resulted in the wrongful accusation and jailing of innocent people.

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• Legally Speaking: Scents and Sensibility -- When Evidence Doesn't Pass the Smell Test (Part 1)

  By John G. Browning | Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009 @ 2:00pm

  "So lay Argo about the house, all shivering with dog-ticks. Yet the instant Odysseus approached, the dog knew him." Homer, "The Odyssey"

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