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Judge orders sex offenders be returned to Texas

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area judge has ordered that two violent sex offenders be placed in state custody once they complete prison sentences for sex offenses committed in other states after being banished from Texas.

A judge in Montgomery County this week issued the order for 58-year-old Melvin Cody Whipple and 44-year-old Lloyd Joseph Wilson. The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1u6SRxN ) the two were ordered out of Texas in 2004, an apparent violation of the state constitution, after completing prison terms for sex crimes.

But Whipple was later convicted in Utah of fondling a boy while Wilson was imprisoned in Virginia for raping a teenager.

The banishment order brought further scrutiny of a controversial Texas agency, the Office of Violent Sex Offender Management.

Law experts have questioned whether the judge’s order carries legal weight.

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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com

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Summer McIntosh storms to Pan Pacs 400 IM title, rebounding from 200 free runner-up finish

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Summer McIntosh of Canada led all the way in winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on Thursday night, bouncing back after a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle. Australia led all but 150 meters of the women's 4 x 200 freestyle relay, with the team of Inez Miller, Lani Pallister, Hannah Casey and Milla Jansen winning in 7 minutes, 42.40 seconds to lower the country's championship mark of 7:44.12 set at the 2018 Pan Pacs. Katie Ledecky swam the anchor leg for the U.S., but couldn't overhaul Jansen although she got within a body length in the closing meters. Erin Gemmell, Anna Peplowski, Rylee Erisman and Ledecky took silver in 7:43.10, also going under the old championship mark. “I've kind of struggled with the 200 individually from a flat start over the last couple years, but I always know I'll have something in me for the relay and I'll pull out a good split,” Ledecky said. “I love swimming that anchor leg.”
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