The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of Charles Thomas Merkelz occurring the Jasper County, Texas jail. Mr. Merkelz was allegedly found unresponsive in the cell in Jasper. As additional information is learned about Mr. Merkelz’s death, we will post it here. We make no allegation of any wrongdoing in this post, but are simply providing information.
Category: Custodial Death|Texas Department of Public Safety|Texas Rangers
Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.