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Court Reporter Jailed for Botching VitaPro Trial Transcripts; Convicted Prison Chief Still Free

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News November, 2003, page 12
Filed under: Financing, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Food, Civil Procedure, Transcripts. Location: Texas.
The latest development in the unsavory Texas VitaPro scandal is the jailing of a court reporter for botching the transcripts in the VitaPro trial.


In 1995, George W. Bush was the governor of Texas and James "Andy" Collins ran the Texas prison system which was involved in a multi-billion dollar ...

 

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