Red means $75 fine

Posted on January 16th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

Star-Telegram | 01/15/2007 | Dallas begins red-light camera fines today
DALLAS - Starting today, red-light cameras will identify violators and the Police Department will slap them with a $75 fine.
Police have issued warnings to about 1,305 red-light runners caught on camera since the program began Dec. 8, officials said.
But the grace period is over. Owners of [...]

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Kudos to the voters of Dallas County

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

dallasobserver.com Unfair Park » New D.A. Rising?
New D.A. Rising?
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins says he wants to get innocent people out of jail. Oddly, in Dallas County, this is a novel concept.On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn’t [...]

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