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Bill would monitor repeat
sex offenders after parole
AUSTIN (AP) — Repeat, violent sex of
fenders who have completed their prison
terms but are judged to be likely to strike again
could face continued monitoring by the state
under a bill approved Thursday by the Texas
Senate.
“This [proposed] law says to sex offenders
who have served their prison terms that Texas
is still watching you. If you violate the terms
of civil commitment or threaten our commu
nity, you’re going to end up back in prison,’’
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry said.
The bill sponsored by Sen. Florence
Shapiro, R-Plano, now goes to the House for
consideration.
It would subject people judged to be sexu
al predators in a civil commitment proceeding
to several requirements including continued
supervision through electronic monitoring or
other tracking and treatment.
Sexually violent predators would be de
fined as those who are repeat sexually violent
offenders and suffer from a “behavior abnor
mality’’ making them likely to engage in an
other predatory act of sexual violence.
Those who violated the terms of their
“outpatient civil commitment’’ could be re
turned to prison.
“Currently, there is no method to protect
the public from sexual predators who serve
their entire sentence in prison. ... This is the
piece of the puzzle that is missing in our ef
forts to protect the public from the worst-of-
the-worst sexual predators,” Shapiro said.
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observe anniven
of Geneva Acco
“Currently, there is no
method to protect the
public from sexual
predators who serve their
entire sentence in prison.”
— Sen. Florence Shapiro
R - Plano
Her original bill would have provided for
the civil commitment of sexual predators to a
secure facility. But concerns were raised about
the approximately $20 million cost to confine
an estimated 15 people.
“We are nickel-and-dimeing everything
now,” Shapiro said.
By substituting monitoring for confine
ment, she said the cap is eliminated and the
cost is lowered to about $3.9 million.
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Morales under FBI investigation
Fee request brings former attorney general underfire
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP)
— A lawyer whose request for
a half-billion dollars in legal
fees for working on the state’s
tobacco settlement has led to
an FBI investigation of Texas’
former attorney general
agreed Thursday to accept
only $1 million.
The lawyer, Mark Murr of
Houston, is a longtime friend
and former law partner of
Dan Morales, who was Texas
attorney general when the
state reached a $17.3 billion
settlement with the tobacco
industry in early 1998.
When Murr submitted his
request for legal fees, other
private attorneys who worked
on the tobacco case for the
state said that Murr had done
little or nothing to achieve the
settlement. Some said they
had not even heard of him.
Federal investigators and
Morales’ successor as attor
ney general are now looking
into whether Morales falsified
paperwork to make it look as
if his friend contributed more
than he really did.
Last year, a state arbitra
tion panel decided Murr de
served only $260 million. Lat
er, a national arbitration panel
recommended he get just $1
million.
On Thursday, Murr’s attor
ney, Roy Minton, and Texas
Attorney General John
Cornyn announced that Murr
would give up the fight for the
$260 million and accept the
$1 million. Cornyn has ac
cused Morales of fraudulently
trying to help his friend.
“Mr. Murr gave up in the
face of what we believe was
overwhelming evidence,”
Cornyn said.
The decision was an
nounced just before a federal
judge was to hear arguments
on whether the three mem
bers of the state arbitration
panel were illegally selected
— they we r e chosen by Murr
and Morales.
Investigators have not sug
gested that Morales profited
personally. And Morales has
denied any wrongdoing.
WASHINGTON (AP) Two former!
who have risen to high office ■
John McCain and Texas Congressn
Johnson — celebrated the 50th anniv
the Geneva Conventions on Thursday.l
said the human rights accords were id
nored by their North Vietnamesecapta
At ceremonies sponsored by the;
Red Cross, Johnson, R-Plano, said;
goslavia has adhered to the convent^
quirement for humane treatment oft
during wartime more than North
during its war with America.
Yugoslavia released three Americans
this week after belatedly allowing a IW
visit, and NATO was expected to releaj
Yugoslav soldiers.
“I think our friends in Europearet
tuned to our humanitarian ideals thanp
the Asian nations are,” Johnson said,
not address the concerns NATO hasi
goslav treatment of civilians, who area
tected by the Geneva Conventions.
The Texan, whose fighter plane'
down over North Vietnam in 1966,sp
ly seven years as a prisoner of war.'
rated combat pilot still bears thescarsa
ited hand mobility from injuries
during his plane crash and imprisonma
Johnson said neither he nor McCain]
: seeking the GOP presidential nominate
legitimate Red Cross workei during[U
of c.iptivit v. and neither was treated a; [
to the Geneva Conventions.
The accords, adopted by 188 countr.s
1949, aim to protect human life andij
wartime. They require that soldiers be
of suffering from wounds and illness,tr]
oners of war be treated humanely and
tured, and that civilians be protected!
sides in war. They also provide forRecj
and Red Crescent access to militaryai
military victims of war, including prison
refugees.
Johnson and McCain were togethe® 6 f re
prison known as the Hanoi Hilton, .•■ ion a £
bridge with toilet paper for cards, fln's Te
McCain said that although North wustir
“at one time or another violated mosm
conventions,” the international acco.j
meaningful pressure on his captors.
“War is wretched he', oiui descriptid
only a fool or a fraud could sentiment;!
cruel reality,” said McCain.
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