1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgPatrick Michelshttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/patrick-michels/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pCin4QGozc"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/2527-politically-correct-new-prisons-tougher-sentences-with-a-little-love-thrown-in/">Politically Correct</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/2527-politically-correct-new-prisons-tougher-sentences-with-a-little-love-thrown-in/embed/#?secret=pCin4QGozc" width="600" height="338" title="“Politically Correct” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="pCin4QGozc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> If there’s one issue on which Texas lawmakers tend toward bipartisan comity, it’s criminal justice. Execution versus life in prison is generally the starkest dividing line over what should be done with lawbreakers, and those against execution risk being labeled soft on crime. This session lawmakers decided once again to build more prisons and jacked […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402