Outlawing Death and Cockfighting, and Restoring Rights for Drug Offenders

Committees to hear raft of criminal justice bills today

"...Cockfighting, restoring public assistance for drug offenders, and all things death penalty. Those are among the..."

March 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fantastic Fest Review: The Young Offenders

Gleeful Irish coke comedy is a sidesplitter

"...destination for witty and playful satires, and The Young Offenders is a charming return for Irish comedy...."

Sept. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...Jersey law he was registered on a database of offenders that was private and used only by police. Henry..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sex Offenders Have Real Victims

"...Dear Editor, The article “Sex Offenders Exposed” [News, Sept. 10] is completely one-sided. Why are..."

Sept. 20, 2010 Postmarks

Community Less Safe as It Regards Sex Offenders

"...made the community less safe as it regards sex offenders. Efforts to cut costs for non-sex offenders on probation..."

May 6, 2007 Postmarks

Juvenile Offenders

The U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the constitutionality of executing 16- and 17-year-olds will remove 28 juvenile offenders from Texas' death row

"...Texas has executed 13 juvenile offenders in the modern era of the death penalty, far..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Jordan Smith

Executing Youthful Offenders: The Doyle Case

Death Watch

"...In 2005, the Supremes ruled that executing youthful offenders, those whose crimes happened before they turned 18, would..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Probation Failing Young Offenders

Texas Criminal Justice Coalition report says there has to be a better way

"...a report on the use of probation for youthful offenders in Texas. "Young Adults and Community Supervision: The Need..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Death to the Sex Offenders!

Debbie Riddle truly lives up to her name.

"...establishing the death penalty as an option for sexual offenders who repeatedly prey on the most vulnerable people in..."

March 6, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Texas Case Has Supreme Court Deciding Whether to Keep Guns From Domestic Violence Offenders

Justices heard arguments this week

Nov. 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

X Offenders

Music freaks and sports fanatics become indistinguishable

June 6, 2014 Music Feature

X Offenders

Weirdos, freaks, and even musicians race for the prize at this weekend's X Games

June 6, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

De-Registering Romeo and Juliet

Modest reform to sex offender laws goes to guv

"...have again approved a bill that would exempt certain offenders from having to register (often for life) on the..."

May 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works

Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money

"...understandable if it were being spent to house violent offenders who pose a real risk to society. But the..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan 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.

"...taken aback by how remorseful and compassionate they [the offenders] can be."..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Football Behind Bars

Field of Dreams Offers Young Offenders Second Chance

"...facilities nationwide -- that field athletic teams. Allowing youth offenders to play sports may seem odd at a time..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Senate Committee Approves Life-with-Parole Measure

Issue added to special session call this week

"...sentence, with the possibility of parole, for certain juvenile offenders charged with capital murder...."

June 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lockout

In this Luc Besson-produced thriller, a man must rescue the president's daughter from a prison in outer space that has been taken over by the inmates.

"...MS One, a privately owned penitentiary that puts violent offenders on deep freeze for the duration of their stay...."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

BPP Retreats on Arbitrary Imposition of 'Sex Offender' Rules

New rules for "Special Condition X"

"...be saddled with release conditions normally reserved for sex offenders...."

June 13, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Killer Inside Me

Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.

"...everything about the film is miscalculated, although the primary offenders are the casting of reedy-voiced Affleck in the title..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Web Predators Aren't the Problem

Dewhurst's plan to get 'Texas tough' on child molesters doomed to fail

"...speech: protecting kids from the vile scourge of sex offenders. After pressing for a minimum 25-year sentence for child..."

Jan. 17, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

From Hard Time to New Beginning

New nonprofit Pro Con puts ex-offenders to work

"...Marketplace – a privately owned transitional living facility for ex-offenders, the working poor, and the homeless – one would..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Solar Crisis

"...gratuitous flashback to that shower? One of the worst offenders in the “subplot searching for a narrative thread” category..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mayor Adler Addresses ICE Raids in Open Letter to Austin

Stresses Austin is "welcoming, inclusive community"

"...than half held criminal convictions or were deemed “violent offenders” by local law enforcement...."

Feb. 14, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Justice

Book on Texas' Death Row Presents Just the Facts

"...read of for the first time. Many of the offenders killed a peace officer, the quickest way to be..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dick Holland

Will Texas Be Safe for Romeos and Juliets?

Senate committee recommends not implementing federal sex offender law

"...it comes to the registration and monitoring of sex offenders...."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Young Man on Death Row

Juvenile offender Randy Arroyo's case puts Texas's execution factory on trial.

"...April 14, 1998, Arroyo joined a group of 28 offenders scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Second Chance for Drug Dealers on 'The Corner'

The Drug Market Intervention project in action

"...street dealing, but in the process to offer low-level offenders the chance to access social services they might need..."

May 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Convicted drug felons slated for early release this week under new crack-cocaine guidelines

"...revisions retroactive – the first group of convicted crack offenders this week become eligible for early release. Despite the..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Life Is a Rhythm

Ground zero for Austin hip-hop: University Hills' 2-3

"...settles at the stoplight, three members of the Public Offenders rap group sitting in back. A hurried yellow school..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

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