SPLC staff worked closely with Texas prosecutors to obtain that conviction."Fighting hate in the courtroom."

This week, House Republicans bent their accountability rules to protect their majority leader from what they feel is a partisan Texas prosecutor.

Texas prosecutors say Dotson, who is from Maryland, shot Dennehy in June.

The Texas prosecutor, a Democrat, has refused to rule out criminal charges against Mr. DeLay.

Beyond the House, Texas prosecutors have filed money-laundering charges against DeLay political operatives.

SPLC staff worked closely with Texas prosecutors to obtain that conviction.

Texas prosecutors say the investigation is continuing.

For their part, Texas prosecutors have not conceded that the president has the power to force courts there to reopen the Medellín case.

The Salvadorans testified against Mr. Nethercott when he was tried by Texas prosecutors.

That, says the former Texas prosecutor who is now a defense lawyer in Oklahoma City, is why he has spent the last 42 years trying to pack his juries with women.