The Austin Chronicle: News: Keel's Firestorm

The Austin Chronicle: News: Keel's Firestorm: "Neither the dust nor the fire has quite settled on criminal justice bills in the 79th Legislature. Amidst a flurry of last-minute legislative sparks, a bill that critics charged would have increased the pace of Texas' already accelerated executions finally died. And House Bill 268 didn't go down alone – with it to the grave went long-awaited judicial pay raises, legislative pensions, and millions in additional state funding for indigent defense"