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| Committee: | House Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Appellate courts | Attorney General of Texas | Autism | Capital punishment | Child crimes | County attorneys | Crime victims | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | Criminal Appeals, Texas Court of | Data privacy | Death row inmates | District attorneys | DNA databases | Driver licenses | Family violence | Forensics | Human trafficking | Legislative powers | Misconduct in office | Opioids | Retail industry | Roberson, Robert | School district police | Search warrants | Separation of powers | Shaken baby syndrome | Street racing and takeovers | Theft | Unclaimed property | Vehicle racing | Youthful offenders | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 C868H | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [61 pages File size: 2,982 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| 2. | Protecting Survivors Against Crimes of Abusers: Examine the shift in criminalization of children by human traffickers into other criminal enterprises, such as aggravated robbery, as well as the Texas Penal Code definition of “duress” as an affirmative defense for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. Make recommendations to prevent the criminalization of survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence for the crimes of their abusers. | |
| 3. | Review the case of Robert Roberson and determine if this case suggests a need for changes to the "junk science" writ law (Article 11.073 Code of Criminal Procedure) or to appellate procedure. * | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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