Neena Satija
Investigative Reporter at Chron
investigative reporter @houstonchron based in Austin. former @washingtonpost/@texastribune/@reveal/@newhavenindy/@ctmirror/@wnpr. @IRE_NICAR board member.
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1 week ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer |Neena Satija
Shortly before arresting 57 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at UT-Austin last spring, some Texas state troopers wondered aloud if their actions were justified, according to a lawsuit filed by four students against the state and university this week.
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1 week ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Neena Satija
As Texas Republican leaders seek to overhaul jail release policies this spring, politicians on both sides of the aisle are targeting locally elected judges — especially in Harris County — who they say are letting too many people get out of jail while facing serious criminal charges.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Neena Satija
Texas lawmakers are pushing for major changes in how cash bail is set, and they have a familiar target: Harris County. At issue is who decides how much money someone must pay in order to get out of jail as their case winds through the courts. Today, a group of more than a dozen appointed officials, called " criminal law hearing officers," or magistrates, make the vast majority of those decisions initially in Harris County.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Neena Satija |Amelia Winger
In 2006, authorities charged Edric Wilson with capital murder and aggravated assault. Then, the cases languished in Harris County's overburdened courts system for the next 18 years. Meanwhile, he bounced back and forth between the local jail and state psychiatric hospitals - all on the taxpayer's dime. The case underscores the consequences of delayed justice and has shaken county officials who are struggling to get the local jail population under control.
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1 month ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Neena Satija
Last spring, as local officials were taking a closer look at the thousands of inmates in the Harris County Jail, they discovered something shocking: a man who had been locked up for 18 years without a trial. Edric Wilson, who is now 47, was accused of murdering the great-aunt of Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen back in 2006. He also faced a separate aggravated assault charge involving a different victim from earlier that year.
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