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Judge orders execution date withdrawn for Lubbock inmate
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Wed, Aug 12, 2015 - 12:22am

Read the original story at: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

A 43-year-old death row inmate has evaded execution after successfully filing a motion requesting evidence used against him be tested for DNA.

Lubbock Judge John McClendon with the 137th District Court withdrew Joe Franco Garza’s execution date and ordered state criminologists to test DNA found on physical evidence prosecutors used 16 years ago to link Garza to a 1998 murder.

Garza, who maintains his innocence, has exhausted appeals at the state and federal levels.

Lawyers for Garza filed a motion in June hoping new technology will prove their client’s innocence.

“Because Mr. Garza would not have been...

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Researchers developing soft robotic glove for post-stroke hand rehabilitation
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Mon, Aug 10, 2015 - 9:00pm

Read the original story at: Healio

Researchers are developing a soft robotic glove that can open and close a patient’s hand to provide relief for stroke victims

The project is led by Muthu Wijesundara, PhD, University of Texas Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) principal research scientist, through the university’s Texas Medical Research Collaborative in Fort Worth.

Wijesundara and University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) researchers Rita Patterson, PhD, Nicoleta Bugnariu, PT, PhD, andTimothy Niacaris, PhD,...

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Book review: ‘Black-Eyed Susans,’ by Julia Heaberlin
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Wed, Aug 5, 2015 - 6:00pm

Read the original story at: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Eighteen years ago, Tessa Cartwright became known as the only surviving victim of a serial killer.

The Texas teen woke up in a field of black-eyed Susans “with a strangled college student and a stack of human bones” but no memory of how she got there or who put her there.

Fast-forward to the present, and Tessa is an artist, living in Fort Worth with her teenage daughter, and the man she once helped identify as the killer is about to be executed on Death Row.

But a string of new evidence, a determined defense attorney, Tessa’s own doubts about her memory and the disturbing appearance of freshly planted black-...

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Science leads to identifying woman murdered 25 years ago in Jackson County
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Tue, Jul 28, 2015 - 5:00am

Read the original story at: 1440 WNFL

...her remains last year to try identifying her with new technology. The University of North Texas HealthScience Center was...

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Texans deserve direct access to physical therapist care
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Thu, Apr 2, 2015 - 10:12am

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If you had a toothache, would you visit your family doctor first or go directly to your dentist for treatment?

What if the Texas Legislature passed a law requiring you to pay for a referral from your physician before you could see your dentist? Would it lead to better care?

Such an arbitrary and unnecessary requirement may seem far-fetched, but it’s the law for Texas physical therapists — an outdated law that does nothing more than delay treatment and drive up costs for our patients.

It’s time that changed.

 

Texas is one of only four states that require patients to receive a physician’s referral...

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