AUSTIN (KXAN) – For decades, Texas law gave police discretion to withhold information if a suspect died in custody. Legislative efforts to close that loophole failed session after session at the State Capitol, but it did not stop the families who were denied video and other records detailing their loved ones’ final moments from speaking out. Following a years-long KXAN investigation into police transparency, lawmakers voted in 2023 to close that controversial legal gap known as the “dead suspect loophole.”…