| | The Texas State Senate News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Lori Hawkins, the wife of the police officer allegedly killed on December 24 by one of the seven inmates who escaped from the Connally Unit in Kenedy on December 13, read from a prepared statement in which she said she blamed the state for the events leading up to the shooting death of her husband. |
 | | Jayne Hawkins, the mother of the Irving police officer, also called for changes in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in her testimony, which was highly critical of the agency and, in particular, its leadership. |
 | | Jayne Hawkins' testimony was often caustic and pointed, at times accusing the members of the Criminal Justice Committee of complacency. |
| www.senate.state.tx.us /75r/Senate/Archives/Arch01/p020701a.htm (332 words) |