Crime & Justice

November 7, 2025

Why more Tarrant County kids are going to Texas youth prisons than any others

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November 3, 2025

New book looks at the some of the most notorious ‘Bonnies’ of Texas true crime

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October 28, 2025

Minnesota has safeguards for police chases. Could similar policies make a difference in Texas?

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October 22, 2025

How police violence shadowed the civil rights movement

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October 20, 2025

Elon Musk, Cards Against Humanity settle lawsuit over South Texas land

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October 16, 2025

Austin police don’t know when ICE is coming. The chief says that could be dangerous.

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October 13, 2025

Understanding why Robert Roberson’s execution has been halted

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October 9, 2025

Robert Roberson granted stay of execution

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October 8, 2025

GOP death penalty supporters question Robert Roberson’s execution

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October 7, 2025

Domestic violence deaths in Texas dropped in 2024, but experts say we have a long way to go

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October 6, 2025

Dallas ICE shooting: Politics and ideology — or notoriety and fame?

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October 2, 2025

Texas Supreme Court breaks with American Bar Association over law school credentials

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September 30, 2025

A second man has died after Dallas ICE facility shooting, family says

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September 29, 2025

Police say they have solved Austin’s yogurt shop murders after 34 years

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September 24, 2025

Dallas ICE office shooting only the latest in string of political, immigration-related violence

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September 17, 2025

The health penalty

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September 16, 2025

A ‘last-ditch effort’ to save death row inmate Robert Roberson includes author John Grisham

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August 26, 2025

Trump executive order targeting cashless bail could impact Harris County

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August 13, 2025

New Uvalde records: District leaders didn’t reach out to some surviving teachers, knew about broken locks

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August 13, 2025

‘They need to pay’: Qualified immunity leaves police chase victims with few paths for recourse

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August 7, 2025

A woman died of hunger and thirst in Tarrant County Jail custody. Her daughter seeks answers

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August 7, 2025

New HBO docuseries delves into Austin’s unsolved yogurt shop murders

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July 23, 2025

Latest death at Harris County Jail is 62-year-old man who was found unresponsive, sheriff’s office says

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July 11, 2025

What happens to North Texas cops who break the rules during a car chase? Depends where they work

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July 3, 2025

What can unite the DA’s office and APD? ‘Trying to take bad people off the street.’

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June 25, 2025

Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool, meant to deter crime, like a search engine

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June 20, 2025

The rise and fall of the former Texas Lottery commissioner

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June 17, 2025

State audit finds major lapses in Texas jail oversight system

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June 18, 2025

Witness to an execution: Liz Bruenig on the human cost of the death penalty

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June 10, 2025

Police are solving cold cases of ‘Baby Does’ thanks to an investigative DNA technique

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June 4, 2025

Austin has paid out $27 million to people injured by police during 2020 racial justice protests

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June 3, 2025

‘King of the Hill’ actor shot and killed on San Antonio’s South Side

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May 27, 2025

Investigation finds Travis County often fails to indict suspects in a timely manner

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May 22, 2025

High-speed chases added to Uvalde shooting chaos. Chases are down 3 years later — but trauma remains

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May 20, 2025

10 years after deadly Twin Peaks shootout, civil suits loom

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May 19, 2025

It’s been 10 years since the Twin Peaks shootout and no convictions. What went wrong?

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May 15, 2025

Texas lawmakers are considering a law that would make it easier for minors to go to adult prisons

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May 9, 2025

Faulty tests spur questions about DNA findings in criminal cases in Texas and nationally

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April 30, 2025

New book examines the crimes of a Houston serial killer and the efforts to ID his victims

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April 25, 2025

Appeals court sides with Paxton in striking down two marijuana decriminalization ordinances

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April 25, 2025

Bill could introduce air conditioning in Texas’ sweltering prisons

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April 24, 2025

Why doesn’t Texas law regulate police chases? State lawmakers, experts explain

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April 23, 2025

Credit card fraud in this Texas county could land you in prison for life

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April 22, 2025

Gunman who targeted Hispanics at a Texas Walmart sentenced to life in prison

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March 31, 2025

This Texas county’s ‘dysfunctional’ court system puts people behind bars for months without criminal charges

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March 26, 2025

After nearly six years, El Paso DA decides it’s time to stop pursuing death penalty for mass shooter

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March 25, 2025

Fort Worth police didn’t investigate Tarrant jail deaths. State says there are no consequences

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March 24, 2025

How did a Houston-area man end up jailed for 18 years without a trial?

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March 21, 2025

Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures behind bars, internal investigation finds

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March 13, 2025

Some Texas police say high-speed chases keep the public safe. Here’s what happens when they don’t

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March 12, 2025

Houston area sees big increase in minors detained for threats of mass violence

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March 12, 2025

Texas appeals court blocks scheduled execution of David Leonard Wood

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March 10, 2025

‘Uvalde Mom’ examines what happens when systems meant to protect a community ‘fall short’

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February 18, 2025

Bail organizations, immigrants targeted as Texas lawmakers consider bail reform legislation

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February 12, 2025

A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row

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January 24, 2025

The Supreme Court says domestic abusers shouldn’t have guns. Is Texas listening?

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January 15, 2025

‘I Am Ready, Warden’ follows a man facing execution and two sons who lost their fathers

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January 22, 2025

Two US presidents have pardoned thousands over the past few weeks. Here’s what that means.

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January 20, 2025

State employees suspected of stealing from low-income Texans’ public assistance accounts

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January 17, 2025

Texas sues Allstate, alleging insurance company illegally collects drivers’ data

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January 15, 2025

Texas prisons don’t have enough guards. Filling the gaps is costing the state money.

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January 2, 2025

New Orleans rampage suspect acted as lone wolf, FBI says

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December 20, 2024

Texas ranked second in executions carried out in 2024, behind Alabama

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December 17, 2024

Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate Robert Roberson a second time

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December 12, 2024

Attorney General Ken Paxton sues companies over ‘forever chemicals’

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December 10, 2024

Teens often behind the wheel in high-speed chases with Texas DPS

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November 22, 2024

Texas Supreme Court: AG Ken Paxton won’t have to sit for deposition in whistleblower suit

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November 15, 2024

Robert Roberson’s execution can’t be stopped by Texas House subpoena, state Supreme Court rules

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November 15, 2024

‘Actually innocent’: Judge recommends overturning death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s conviction, sending case to Texas high court

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November 13, 2024

After pressure from activists, Travis County starts offering lawyers to people who are arrested

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November 8, 2024

Former Dallas County chief medical examiner looks back on nearly four decades of service

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November 7, 2024

Harris County Justice of the Peace precincts haven’t been redrawn in over 50 years, resulting in unequal caseloads

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November 6, 2024

Voters in Dallas, Bastrop, Lockhart decriminalize small amounts of marijuana

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November 4, 2024

Robert Roberson’s death row case raises questions over capital punishment fairness

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October 29, 2024

How Texas courts view privacy and what that means for abortion cases and beyond

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October 24, 2024

Ken Paxton statement rejects supporters of death row inmate’s appeal

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October 21, 2024

Texas lawmakers hear from Dr. Phil, John Grisham on Robert Roberson’s conviction

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October 21, 2024

Robert Roberson set to testify before Texas lawmakers days after they saved him from execution

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October 17, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked Robert Roberson’s execution for now

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October 17, 2024

Texas is about to execute a man for a crime that never happened, medical experts say

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October 13, 2024

5th Circuit Court of Appeals removes judge in 13-year-old Texas foster care litigation

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October 7, 2024

A new Supreme Court term kicks off today. Here are the cases we’re watching.

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October 3, 2024

Some convicted felons can actually vote from prison in Texas. Here’s why.

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October 1, 2024

Pakistani prisoner beaten and sexually assaulted in Fort Worth federal prison, lawsuit says

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September 30, 2024

Sheriff among those calling for justice as deadly shooting case stalls in Sierra Blanca

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September 23, 2024

Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for using its land along the border

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September 23, 2024

Judge rejects lawsuit amendment from former Delia’s Tamales employees

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September 23, 2024

West Texas private prison to shut down after Tarrant County ends contract to outsource prisoners

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September 19, 2024

Robert Roberson’s execution is a month away. Did investigators misunderstand his condition?

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September 17, 2024

Houston police changed their pursuit policy a year ago. Chases have gone down, but deaths have not.

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September 16, 2024

Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say

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September 12, 2024

Walmart shooting defense lawyers allege prosecutorial misconduct, seek dismissal of charges or removal of death penalty

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August 21, 2024

Texas juvenile justice board pushes back after damning DOJ report on abuse in youth detention system

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August 20, 2024

Jury finds parents of Santa Fe High School gunman bear no responsibility for shooting

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August 15, 2024

Texas appeals court halts order to pay lawyers who prosecuted AG Ken Paxton

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August 14, 2024

Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states

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August 14, 2024

Texas attorney general sues GM for allegedly collecting and selling drivers’ private data

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August 12, 2024

After Uvalde city officials end battle over shooting records, victims’ families say other agencies need to follow suit

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August 2, 2024

Justice Department finds widespread physical, sexual and mental abuse in Texas juvenile facilities

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August 5, 2024

Neo-Nazi gang affiliates attacked a mixed-race family in Martindale, only one was arrested

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