Deputy Fired in Escape of Death Row Inmate
From Times Wire Reports
One deputy has been fired and eight others disciplined for allowing a death row inmate to stroll out the front door of a jail in downtown Houston.
Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas said he didn’t think Charles Victor Thompson had any outside help and blamed employee error for allowing the 35-year-old murderer to escape Nov. 3. He was caught three days later in Shreveport, La.
“It was our error. It has nothing to do with policies and procedures,” Thomas said.
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