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Some of Texas’ busiest lawyers may not be members of the state bar, but bars are a part of their daily lives. Almost any district court official in a county that is home to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison unit can offer support to the claim that some prison inmates have too much free time on their hands and they often take advantage of that time to create new mischief, in district courts. Bee County District Clerk Sandra Clark and her staff know what kind of mischief they can expect from the so-called “jailhouse lawyers.” According to Mrs....

CUMBERLAND, Md., May 7 — Ivan Frederick was distraught. His son, an Army reservist turned prison guard in Iraq, was under investigation earlier this year for mistreating prisoners, and photographs of the abuse were beginning to circulate among soldiers and military investigators. So the father went to his brother-in-law, William Lawson, who was afraid that reservists like his nephew would end up taking the fall for what he considered command lapses, Mr. Lawson recounted in an interview on Friday. He knew whom to turn to: David Hackworth, a retired colonel and a muckraker who was always willing to take on...

Mike Walker of the National Enquirer has been on the Al Rantel show for the past two hours discussing the story which his paper broke about Rush Limbaugh's dependence on prescription drugs, obtained illegally through his housekeeper. As Mike said, if this story was erroneous, Rush could sue them out of business. The National Enquirer did all kinds of checking before going with this story. He said they only paid for the story from the housekeeper after she had already gone to the police with her story and evidence. But the most upsetting thing Mike Walker and Al discussed is...