The Texas rascals are at it again;  the Organization of American States organized a meeting of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.  The group met in DC to discuss the deaths of 14 Texas inmates.  Guess who didn’t show up?  Yes, that would be the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice.  Ands the Attorney General of Texas, Greg Abbott, who is preparing to move into the governor’s mansion soon.  He’s plain busy.  Instead, the Human Rights Clinic at University of Texas School of Law and plaintiff attorneys across Texas, and the Texas Civil Rights Project met with international investigators to discuss the inhumane temperatures that are maiming and killing people.  Texas holds 150,900 people in ancient prisons with no air conditioners and cement walls. The people charged by the citizens of the state–don’t even show up.  They’re waiting for litigation to resolve the complaints.  Of course, getting into court, and getting aid from the court, can take years–obviously.  Meanwhile, people die.

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