Before we start, a warning that this episode contains descriptions of violence.

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Coming up this time on Just Say You're Sorry.

When people need help, the Rangers is who they call and the Rangers are the ones that government try to work things out for.

Hey, let me say something up front about this too. I don't care about prostitution, I don't care about drugs, I don't know how I deal with this murder.

You need to resign and get somebody else on this case that truly has a care and a respect for the death of that girl and whether she was a prostitute or a senator's daughter.

Don't make a difference.

One of my earliest memories is from kindergarten. Mrs. Glock, you know, like the gun, is teaching us how to spell the name of the place we live.

I can still hear the crowd of five-year-olds chanting T-E-X-A-S.

At some point, my parents took me to the Alamo where I stood in this old stone fortress and heard about how our Texan forefathers battled Mexico for independence.

Except they aren't my forefathers. My mom is from Connecticut and my dad is from Syria.

But I wanted to fit in. I paid special attention to all the things that, quote, real Texans seem to love.

I bought Pearl Snap shirts and 8 Barbecue and asked my parents to let me go to a Willie Nelson concert.

I even became a fan of a statewide baseball team, the Texas Rangers.

This was probably the first time I heard that name.

Later on, I had a friend who was obsessed with the TV show Walker Texas Ranger.

He thought Chuck Norris, who played the main character, was the coolest person alive.

So, even before I was aware that the Texas Rangers were a real police force, I knew the name, evoked excitement and adventure and a sense of grandeur.

And this is probably one of the reasons why I was so riveted by Larry Driscoll's claim that he'd given a false confession to a Texas Ranger.

I'd always wanted to know more about the real Rangers. Now I had to know more.

It's about a three-hour drive north from my home in Austin to Fort Worth.

I'd done that drive countless times and always seen the same sign just off the highway in Waco before you get to the football stadium.

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