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The mayor in deposition:

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So read the story if you care about human rights. Or about sheriffs. Or even about the Texas politics and what Tuesday could change.

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And the dispute over these events is coming into a very heated political climate. Commissioner Alisa Simmons has made jail deaths a central plank of her platform as she runs for county executive ('county judge') against the GOP incumbent an ally of the sheriff. That's a key race on Tuesday.

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NEW: Texas law requires an investigation when someone dies in jail custody. Sheriff's deputies pressed the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on a release form to then claim he was no longer in custody. They said—this means you don't need an investigation. Make time for this new reporting.

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