Crime & Justice

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April 20, 2022

South Texas DA revokes execution date, saying it was ‘the right thing to do’

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April 15, 2022

Home invasion: how one man experienced the 1997 Republic of Texas standoff

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April 14, 2022

Houston’s rising Democratic star defends staff indicted in Texas Rangers investigation

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April 14, 2022

How Mendez v. Westminster helped end legal segregation of schools in the southwest

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April 12, 2022

Why not all war crimes can be called genocide

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April 12, 2022

Truckers block border traffic to protest costly new inspections

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April 11, 2022

After pursuing an indictment, Starr County district attorney drops murder charge over self-induced abortion

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April 11, 2022

Texans drive up sales of recreational marijuana in New Mexico

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April 8, 2022

Supporters in Dallas rally for Melissa Lucio, an abused mother who faces the death penalty

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March 31, 2022

Legal weed is coming to New Mexico. Here’s what it means for Texas.

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April 1, 2022

Criminal hackers steal personal data by pretending to be police

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March 29, 2022

Abortion funds bring new legal challenges to overturn Texas ban

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March 28, 2022

For those seeking to stop Melissa Lucio execution, claims of coerced confession and corruption taint her conviction

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March 25, 2022

Texas Supreme Court case could affect the role of spiritual advisers at executions

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March 25, 2022

CPS investigations in Rio Grande Valley chill political discourse about gender-affirming care

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March 23, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson deflects Texas Republican senators’ attempts to portray her as ‘disturbingly liberal’

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March 23, 2022

Boy Scouts’ bankruptcy trial advances, but ‘long road ahead’ for sexual abuse survivors awaiting payouts

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March 22, 2022

Abuse allegations at Bastrop sex-trafficking shelter add new problem for Texas’ beleaguered child protective services

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March 22, 2022

After secret negotiations, Houston City Council will vote on a new contract with the police union. Here’s what’s in it

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March 22, 2022

Weeks after five Midland Christian School officials were arrested, questions still loom

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March 21, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing: ‘A long time coming’ says a Texas law professor

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March 18, 2022

Scottish judge rejects extradition request due to Texas prison conditions

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March 16, 2022

Opioid deaths are rising in El Paso. So why don’t all local police carry a life-saving drug?

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March 15, 2022

After negotiations away from the public eye, Houston has a new contract with the police union

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March 14, 2022

What it means to commit war crimes

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20-something protesters holding signs saying trans care is not abuse and protect trans kids with a pink white and blue flag representing transgender rights in the background
March 11, 2022

Legal expert hopes court ‘comes to their rescue’ for families caught in Texas transgender investigations

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March 10, 2022

Lubbock LGBTQ community mourns one of their own as politicians target transgender Texans

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March 9, 2022

Texas mom who invited Ken Paxton for dinner to meet transgender son says she’s now losing her hair over an investigation prompted by his opinion

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March 10, 2022

Dozens harmed in surprise violence at Mexican soccer match

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March 7, 2022

Parties continue settlement talks in Rio Grande SCOTUS case

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February 25, 2022

Brownsville activist speaks out after arrest over anti-SpaceX graffiti on Musk-funded mural

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February 18, 2022

Austin police officers indicted for actions in 2020 protests

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February 17, 2022

Texans, do you know who is running for judge in the primary elections? This is why you should.

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February 17, 2022

Texas attorney general sues over Facebook’s use of facial recognition

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a sheriff's deputy putting a teenage boy into a police vehicle with a seal on the side of the car from Bexar County Texas
February 14, 2022

A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy won’t face discipline after tazing unarmed teenage asylum-seeker

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February 11, 2022

Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over federal contractor minimum wage increase

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February 11, 2022

Sign in a Dallas grand jury room warns witnesses not to talk about race

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February 10, 2022

Internal investigation confirms Border Patrol failures leading up to a 16-year-old’s death on the floor of his cell

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February 10, 2022

Austin police officers could face charges after dozens were injured by ‘less-lethal’ rounds during 2020 protests

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February 8, 2022

Victims, family from Sutherland Springs shooting awarded $230 million

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February 8, 2022

How ransomeware attacks on 23 Texas sites changed the way cyber criminals operate

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February 3, 2022

Why a fatal fight in a Beaumont federal prison led to a nationwide lockdown

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January 28, 2022

Feds arrest man they say sold firearm to Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker

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January 28, 2022

A federal judge blocked BNSF railway workers from striking over new attendance policy

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January 27, 2022

These are the Black women who could replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the US Supreme Court

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January 27, 2022

Houston eviction courts are packed again as numbers return to pre-COVID levels

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January 26, 2022

Former San Antonio police officer wants to ‘save lives’ with ticket-texting program

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January 26, 2022

Advocates and jailers fear riot conditions as violence persists in Harris County

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January 25, 2022

Dark patterns: Texas sues Google, claiming ‘deceptive location tracking’

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January 25, 2022

Fort Worth is center of first redistricting challenge set to be heard in federal court

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January 18, 2022

At healing service, faith leaders from Congregation Beth Israel share words of gratitude, hope

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January 18, 2022

Legal expert says conspiracy of sedition charges against Oath Keepers a ‘textbook’ case

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January 17, 2022

Past incidents targeting Jewish Americans may have saved lives during Colleyville synagogue ordeal

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January 14, 2022

Operation Lone Star border plan faces hurdles after county judge rules unconstitutional

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January 13, 2022

Still no ruling on Biden vaccine mandates. Where things stand and what could change.

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January 12, 2022

Rice and 15 other private universities being sued over claims of unfair admission practices

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January 11, 2022

Texas law allows residents’ sensitive personal information to be exposed on county websites

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January 11, 2022

Chief justice targets Texas’ outsized role in patent courts

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January 10, 2022

Conservative Supreme Court majority seems reluctant to allow Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers

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January 10, 2022

Texas’ abortion law could remain in place until summer if case goes to Texas Supreme Court

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January 7, 2022

The SEC wants to know: are investment banks telling investors one thing and Texas lawmakers another?

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January 6, 2022

Colin Allred: ‘We crossed a Rubicon on January 6th.’

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January 6, 2022

Texas had the 2nd most arrests at the Capitol Insurrection. 1 year later, that still matters

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January 4, 2022

Latest challenge to gig economy? Exotic dancers in Texas suing strip clubs for back wages.

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January 3, 2022

Supreme Court to hear arguments on federal vaccine mandates

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January 3, 2022

Skipping federal district courts, Texas abortion law arguments set for Fifth Circuit this week

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December 29, 2021

A prison radio station eases the isolation felt by men on death row

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December 17, 2021

Military sexual assault bill honoring Vanessa Guillén reaches the president’s desk

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December 17, 2021

How the Texas DMV plans to stop a flood of fraudulent paper plates

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December 16, 2021

How Texas almost banned forensic hypnosis

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December 15, 2021

Forensic hypnosis is big in Texas. Here’s how it got its start

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December 14, 2021

Forensic hypnosis in Texas prompts questions about death row case

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December 13, 2021

New prison and jail research lab examines less punitive approaches to criminal justice

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December 10, 2021

US Supreme Court allows abortion providers to sue over Texas’ six-week abortion ban, but keeps law in place

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December 10, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court lets enforcement of Texas abortion law continue but allows legal challenges to proceed

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December 9, 2021

‘Code of Silence’ tells the story of sexual abuse and coverup in the judiciary

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December 8, 2021

Abortion pill restrictions begin in Texas, but will be hard to enforce

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December 8, 2021

30 years ago, four girls were found murdered in an Austin yogurt shop. Will there ever be justice?

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December 7, 2021

Family violence funding for Bexar County courts stalled

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December 6, 2021

Planning process primed Houston’s Astroworld Festival for catastrophe, report finds

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December 2, 2021

Expert: Question isn’t whether SCOTUS decision will reshape abortion law but – ‘how much?’

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December 2, 2021

Federal judge blocks Texas’ new social media content law

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November 30, 2021

What experts are watching for ahead of SCOTUS abortion case hearing

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November 30, 2021

Mexico fights legal battle in US court to reduce gun smuggling across border

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November 30, 2021

Greg Abbott remains silent on posthumous pardon for George Floyd

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November 17, 2021

A Connecticut judge ruled in favor of Sandy Hook families in their defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones

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November 16, 2021

This Dallas program is helping moms who’ve been to prison launch tech careers

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November 12, 2021

Why critics say Texas’ new ‘good Samaritan’ law for overdoses doesn’t go far enough

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Protesters carry signs supporting abortion rights at the state Capitol.
November 11, 2021

Abortion providers seek court battle over constitutionality of Texas’ restrictive law

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November 10, 2021

US Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to loosen restrictions on religious advisers during Texas executions

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November 9, 2021

Victims from Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival have begun to sue the Houston rapper and concert organizers

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November 9, 2021

‘Civil Rights in Black and Brown:’ New book examines Texas’ overlooked activists

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November 8, 2021

‘This is not going to be the last word’: What an appeals court decision means for federal vaccine rules

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November 5, 2021

Preventing elder abuse is key, but agencies and the courts can intervene in an emergency

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November 1, 2021

Protecting Older Texans

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November 4, 2021

Some unexpected ways Adult Protective Services brings help

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November 2, 2021

SCOTUS moving quickly on Texas abortion law, with civil lawsuit provision main sticking point

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November 2, 2021

Investigation into Texas jail deaths found majority were among those still awaiting trial

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November 1, 2021

Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases related to SB 8 abortion law

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November 1, 2021

911 transcripts filed in updated ‘Trump Train’ lawsuit reveal San Marcos police refused to send escort to Biden bus

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