The Texas House of Representatives today had the chance to take serious action to ensure that all of those who have done wrong at the Texas Youth Commission are held accountable.
However, House Speaker Tom Craddick put a stop to that.
During floor debate on House Bill 427, House Democratic Leader Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) proposed an amendment which would have strengthened the bill, which related to prosecution of crimes occurring at Texas Youth Commission Facilities. The original language of the bill would have merely codified the ability of a county or district attorney in a county in which a TYC facility is located to request that the special prosecution unit of the Texas Attorney General's Office prosecute an offense.
Dunnam's amendment, which had support from Democrats and Republicans, however put even more teeth in the bill and would have created an independent special prosecutors to investigate the Texas Youth Commission. As a press release from Leader Dunnam's office noted, the Legislation:
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