Pardons and Paroles granting more and taking away less

Houston — The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Texas continues a steady march away from its Old West image of being tough on crime to one that state leaders now call "smart on crime" and even fiscally "right on crime."

Nothing makes that more apparent than the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole's newly released bragging rights. To read more on this story, head to The Houston Chronicle's website: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-says-rise-in-paroles-gives-state-bragging-3788468.php