Sen. John Cornyn leads nationwide effort to better protect judges, court personnel

Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn is leading the charge to try and better protect state and district court judges. A bill just recently passed would in part provide threat monitoring for judges and court personnel.An Austin-area judge who was nearly killed by a defendant in 2015 helped to pass a statewide bill that gives Texas judges resources she says she didn't have before and after the shooting.Now, she's working with Senator John Cornyn to try and get a similar bill passed nationwide.

Cornyn where other judicial officers shared threats they've received. Some have been recently."I want to bash your brains in. You should be dead in retaliation," said Rockwall County DA Kenda Culpepper.Also there, Erleigh Wiley, who was appointed as Kaufman County district attorney in 2013 when former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams killed DA Mike McLelland, his wife Cynthia, and prosecutor Mark Hasse in revenge for a criminal case against him.

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