Gerald Goines, ex-Houston police officer, sentenced to 60 years in prison for Harding Street raid killings
For years, Gerald Goines preyed on Houston's poorest neighborhoods and sent hundreds of people to prison — some wrongfully through deception. His last lie locked him up for 60 years. A jury on Tuesday handed the former narcotics officer an effective life sentence for his role in orchestrating the deadly Harding Street drug raid on Jan.