Criminal-Justice Officials Get Spanked

Officials with Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Board of Pardons and Paroles get tongue lashings during Lege hearing, where agency leaders were questioned about communication and coordination problems

"...Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Board..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Justice

Book on Texas' Death Row Presents Just the Facts

"...If you live in Texas this October, you no longer have to wait until..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dick Holland

Texas Death Row Reviewed

"...Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Eraby the editors..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Clay Smith

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...a wooden table. To Early's right sits a stack of pictures of her daughter Beth, killed -- along with..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Texas Executing Inmates at Near-Record Pace

Aug. 7 execution date set for inmate who claims mental retardation

"...Continuing a pace of executions that, if it holds, would nearly tie 2010's..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD Among Texas Police Agencies With Poor Eyewitness ID Procedures

The Justice Project says Texas police agencies are way behind in implementing best practices that can decrease the incidence of mistaken identification.

"...Department "meets the minimum legal requirements" for the administration of live and photo lineups of criminal suspects, but "does..."

Nov. 19, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Last Texas Ranger

They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.

"...If you've never seen a real Texas Ranger, your first glimpse might be surprising. Not long..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Texas Tribune Festival Brings Star Power to Politics

TribFest resumes in person in Downtown Austin Sept. 22-24

"...business for ugly people (h/t Paul Begala), then the Texas Tribune Festival is its ACL Fest. But it's really..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough to sport..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Executing Justice

Larry Robison, a schizophrenic killer whose parents tried to get help for their son but were turned away by state mental hospitals, is scheduled for execution on Friday.

"...Had Larry Robison lived in any other state but Texas, his story might have ended much differently. Diagnosed as..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...(if We Ain't Got Those Records): Nine Democratic members of the Texas House on Tuesday called for Attorney General..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature

Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad

Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout

"...Some filmmaker – David O. Russell, Adam McKay, one of our local guys – should already be thinking about..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

GOP Targets Women's Health, LGBTQ Community in First Day of Lege Filing

Texas Dems vow to keep up the fight for LGBTQ residents, women

"...Wasting no time, Texas legislators filed three abortion-restrictive bills and the first anti-LGBTQ..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Shadows of the Past

A timeline of APD's troubles over the past 13 years

"...Much of the discord within the Austin Police Dept. has its..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...1, Planned Parenthood's East Seventh Street clinic, which has offered family planning and reproductive health services to low-income and..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas' Cotton Boll

Farmers Fight Boll Weevil Program in Court

"...Doug Potter An ambitious plan to rid the state of the boll weevil has not gotten rid of the..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Matters of Perception

Evidence suggest that former APD officer Timothy Enlow hasn't been completely honest -- nor have those who have testified against him.

"...Tuesday morning, the arbitration hearing regarding the Austin Police Dept. dismissal of former officer Timothy Enlow was suddenly interrupted..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Swearingen Gets Another Date With Death

Fourth time execution has been scheduled

"...The Court of Criminal Appeals has denied the appeal of Larry Swearingen,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Now Serving ... Time

Robert Conran sat down to dinner at Furr's, and walked out in handcuffs. After four years in prison on a shaky conviction, he's got a chance of parole -- then he faces deportation

"...Robert Conran is standing in the inmate visiting room of the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice's Segovia Unit prison,..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

Despite John Cornyn's jokes and the end of the Ruiz suit, Texas prisons still need reform.

"...be a Democrat." Cornyn was preaching to the choir, of course -- almost literally in this case -- and..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Michael King

A Whacked-Out System

Inmate's lawsuit focuses on secret and unreasonable Texas paroles

"...Harris County for stealing – or, specifically under the Texas penal code, for "theft by check." He'd never been..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

We're No. 1!

Texas prepares to mark its 300th contemporary execution.

"...Some time in March or April, the state of Texas will mark another contemporary milestone in capital punishment...."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...omnibus late-train bills. What follows is a preliminary snapshot of the major bills we've been tracking most closely this..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Youth, Justice, and Money

"...state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn has recommended combining the Texas Youth Commission -- the institutional arm of the state's..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In Our Names

The case of Napoleon Beazley shines a spotlight on the Texas system of capital punishment.

"...Try this for an "axis of evil": the United States, Iran, and the Congo...."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Fewer Jail Inmates Last Year

But more on the way?

"...According to stats released yesterday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, local jail populations decreased over the last..."

June 4, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Death Penalty in Texas' Largest Counties

"...for El Paso County alone. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, FBI..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature

TDCJ: Hearing Loss Isn't A Disability

But a federal judge disagrees

"...Federal Judge Sim Lake has ruled that the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice must accommodate a hearing-impaired individual..."

Dec. 14, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin Coke Traffickers in Federal Pokey

Chief Art Acevedo takes sideways shot at Travis Co. attitudes towards drugs

"...Investigators with the APD, FBI, Travis Co. Sheriff's Office, Pflugerville PD and several other Central Texas agencies joined..."

June 5, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

2020 Election Audit: No Fraud Found (Yet)

No widespread voting fraud found in initial phase of audit demanded by Trump

"...A state forensic audit of the November 2020 general election has yet to yield..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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