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Damning testimony at TYC sex abuse trial

Given what's been coming out in the John Paul Hernandez trial, I'm fairly shocked that the former Texas Youth Commission administrator didn't take a plea regarding the sex-abuse allegations against him. (See here, here, and here.) Perhaps he was overconfident that the local District Attorney and judge in Ward County where the offenses were committed would protect him, and indeed they did for many years (as is fairly common, sadly, though after TYC's 2009 Sunset bill, going forward, crimes by TYC staff can be prosecuted in Travis County if locals won't pursue them). Hernandez's case ultimately had to be moved to Hub City to get a trial date set.Two Lubbockites who've attended parts of the trial both told me they were horrified at what they heard: One told me he was "disgusted," the other said he wanted to take a shower when he left...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 15, 2011 (boomark / email).