Its Texas lol. Our government prides itself on having no empathy or compassion whatsoever.
See the list of executed juvenile offenders before the federal government made it illegal:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States
Or the time the state was in contempt of court for years because they didn’t want to revise the excessively cruel CPS system.
Because it’s pending exposure.
Now if you found a way to turn around and earn interest or earn extra with that money…now you’re cooking with gas. Just make sure the earnings are worth the relative risk, and that you hedge against that risk.