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Jace Martin Laws, 34, was captured on Friday after authorities say he carved out portions of the brick in the Gregg County South Jail, and escaped through the Gregg County Courthouse.
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Laws was being held in jail after being sentenced to 70 years in prison on two counts of assault on a police officer.