Texas Standard for January 26, 2017
Taking the 10th: Once a favorite of the Tea Party movement, is it now embraced by supporters of so-called sanctuary cities? We’ll explore. Also: Once dubbed the death penalty capital, Texas also leads the nation in exonerations. What does it mean for the future of capital punishment? And a “good samaritan” with a gun intervenes in a San Antonio Mall robbery: With more than a million Texans licensed to carry, what are the rules of engagement? Also: What’s in your wallet? With the rise of the smartphone, the Statesman’s digital guru asks, what’s a wallet, anyway? All that and more, on this edition of Texas Standard:

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Host David Brown at the mic.
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