Word: bexar
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Here are just a couple of tales from the rough frontier of Texas justice: a teenager in Bexar County charged with drug crimes last September sat in jail for a month before his first scheduled meeting with a court-appointed lawyer. That attorney never showed up; and by the time the boy met the next one, he'd been behind bars more than three months. Andrew Cantu of Abilene was executed in February even though his third court-assigned appellate lawyer--the first two withdrew--didn't know how to find Cantu in prison, didn't do any investigation...
LAMAR SMITH (R) District 21 (South Central--western Bexar County; Austin suburbs...
BORN: Nov. 19, 1947, San Antonio EDUCATION: Yale, B.A. 1969; Southern Methodist U, J.D. 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Elizabeth Lynn Schaefer; two children RELIGION: Christian Scientist MILITARY SERVICE: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; rancher POLITICAL CAREER: Texas House, 1981-82; Bexar County Commissioner's Court, 1983-85; U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6155, San Antonio...