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• Legally Speaking: Sixteen, and Life to Go (Part 2)

  By John G. Browning | Monday, Aug 8, 2011 @ 4:35pm

  The first installment of this series examined the case of Chad Uptergrove, tried as an adult and convicted of capital murder for a crime committed when he was only 16 � a crime perpetrated by an older friend.

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• Legally Speaking: Sixteen, and Life to Go (Part 1)

  By John G. Browning | Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 @ 3:33am

  On Sept. 8, Chad Allen Uptergrove will turn 36 years old. But unlike most of us, he will not celebrate that birthday surrounded by family and friends.

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• This Just In: Recent civil filings in Jefferson County district courts

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 @ 7:16am

  Jan. 23

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• Former employee sues Al Price facility for wrongful termination

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 @ 6:13am

  The Texas Youth Commission made national headlines last year after reports of abuse were leaked to the media. Now, a former Al Price State Juvenile Correctional Facility caseworker is claiming he was fired on trumped-up sexual harassment charges after he reported the alleged abuse of minor inmates.

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• Local journalists discuss freedom of information

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, May 17, 2007 @ 9:00am

  The protection of journalists and the flow of public information was discussed by the Press Club of Southeast Texas at its monthly meeting May 17.

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