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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Story by Jolie McCullough, The New York Times

Forgotten in jail without a lawyer: how a Texas town fails poor defendants

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - January 6, 2025: The city of Eagle Pass, Texas with Piedras Negras in the background. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
Eagle Pass borders the Mexican city of Piedras Negras. Many people who live in Piedras Negras cross daily to work, shop or visit relatives. (Credit: Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times)

Jolie McCullough reported for The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship, which helps address the decline in local journalism, from Eagle Pass, Texas, a community with few reporters.

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