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In dealing with scandal, questions of pace, politics Perry stalled and lawmakers pressed until face-saving strategies worked out, some say. By Laylan Copelin AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, April 05, 2007 For almost six weeks, Gov. Rick Perry resisted state lawmakers every step of the way toward nuking a state agency with a culture of denial that for years did not address allegations that workers might be molesting youths in their custody. The governor has blamed a West Texas prosecutor for sitting on a Texas Ranger's investigation and insisted that neither his appointees to the Texas Youth Commission's board nor his own...

DeSoto killer, 13, to serve sentence at youth facility Teen could remain in custody until age 21 05/22/2002 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News A state district judge, calling the actions of a 13-year-old who killed his best friend "cold, calculated and deliberate," ordered the boy Tuesday to serve time at the Texas Youth Commission. The sentence carries a penalty of 180 days to two years, but once in custody, the DeSoto youth could remain until age 21. Defense attorney Ray Jackson, who asked state District Judge Cheryl Lee Shannon for probation, expects his client to serve...