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DA who failed to prosecute TYC sex abuse cases running for re-election

By Gritsforbreakfast

I've been focused elswhere besides the blog, or I would have mentioned sooner this Dallas News story about the Pecos County District Attorney's race ("Pecos DA criticized in youth jail sex scandal seeking re-election," Feb. 2), notable in particular because the incumbent running for re-election is the prosecutor who refused to pursue child molestation charges against Texas Youth Commission administrators at the West Texas State School, launching a crisis that ultimately led to the agency entering conservatorship. Reported the News:The West Texas prosecutor who received national attention for ignoring a lengthy and graphic Texas Rangers report detailing sexual abuse at a nearby state juvenile jail thinks he can win another term in office.But the scandal involving the systematic abuse of children held in Texas Youth Commission facilities won't be ignored...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).