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Texas Bill Proposed Targets Repeat Abuse Offenders

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published March 9, 2017 at 11:23 AM EST
Texas SB1436- Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) of San Antonio announced a bill targeting repeat abusers and enhances penalties.
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Texas SB1436- Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) of San Antonio announced a bill targeting repeat abusers and enhances penalties.
Texas SB1436- Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) of San Antonio announced a bill targeting repeat abusers and enhances penalties.
Credit Courtesy: Sen. C. Uresti_Twitter
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Courtesy: Sen. C. Uresti_Twitter
Texas SB1436- Sen. Carlos Uresti (D) of San Antonio announced a bill targeting repeat abusers and enhances penalties.

TARGETING REPEAT ABUSE OFFENDERS IN TEXAS - A bill proposed to the Texas Legislature is pushing for stiffer penalties to those convicted of repeated abuse of a child, disabled person, or the elderly.  State Sen. Carlos Uresti’s bill was filed in response to several high-profile serial-abuse cases where a parent, guardian, or caretaker with prior convictions for abuse or neglect was not given the maximum punishment. Senator Uresti’s bill is in response to a case last year when Sheriff’s deputies discovered children tied-up and chained in the backyard of a San Antonio, Texas Home.  

TARGETING REPEAT ABUSE OFFENDERS IN TEXAS - A bill proposed to the Texas Legislature is pushing for stiffer penalties to those convicted of repeated abuse of a child, disabled person, or the elderly.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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