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Texas’ highest criminal court agrees to review murder conviction of white police officer who killed unarmed Black teen
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As law enforcement’s disparate use force against Black people continues to stoke division in a troubled nation, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals plans to review the high-profile murder conviction of former North Texas police officer Roy Oliver, who fatally shot an unarmed Black teenager. In 2018, Oliver, who is white, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the
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