Welfare reform laws in the mid-1990s emphasized education and job training for welfare recipients and imposed limits on how long they could collect benefits.
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Q. 2Most Texans oppose the death penalty.
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Q. 3If you are fourteen years old and commit a violent crime in Texas, you can be tried in the criminal justice system as an adult.
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Q. 4Texas enacted a major package of criminal justice reforms in 1993, including an overhaul of the penal code and the construction of a new system of state-run jails to house nonviolent offenders.
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Q. 5Because it is such a big state, Texas has more prisoners than any other state in the union. However, the Texas prison population is actually one of the smallest on a per capita basis.
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Q. 6Texas government made a commitment to modernize the state criminal justice system in the 1950s with an increased focus on rehabilitation and a decreased focus on revenge.
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Q. 7Tuition for all public universities is established by the legislature and is equal across universities, while the fees universities charge can fluctuate wildly.
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