Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

A new law review article raises questions about the Carlos De Luna case

"...a Corpus Christi gas station; this week, a book-length law review article was released that meticulously deconstructs the case..."

May 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

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The Final Tally

"...their way safely past the governor's desk and into law...."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...me, this has been a healing process." – Developer lawyer Richard Suttle, singing the praises of former foes in..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Blood on Texas' Hands

A new Columbia Law Review article demonstrates how the state may have executed an innocent man

"...a Corpus Christi gas station; this week, a book-length law review article was released that meticulously deconstructs the case..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

In the next presidential election, only the Democrats can be counted on to preserve the Bill of Rights

"...imprisonment of American citizens without charges, trial, or judicial review. His second-term intentions are clear: His State of the..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Still Leads Nation in Executions

New death sentences continue to decline & exonerations keep coming

"...in 1983. An exhaustive reinvestigation of that case by law professor James Liebman was published earlier this year in..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

'Texas Tough' Sex Crime Wave Hits the Dome

Sex-predator hysteria threatens a legal backlash

"...25-year sentence for child sexual assault – a "Jessica's Law" (named for slain Floridian Jessica Lunsford, whose father Mark..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Record review

"...Distant Land To Roam: Songs of the Carter Family (Columbia/DMZ)..."

July 14, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Unlocking the Texas Vote

Felon disenfranchisement hits more than 3% of the state's potential voters

"...reducing the nation's reliance on incarceration. Forty-eight states have laws prohibiting an incarcerated felon from voting (only Maine and..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...main criticism of evolution -- that it is scientifically flawed because it leaves, in their opinion, too many unanswered..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...Label: Columbia Records..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...was touring in Canada when they came across a review in Toronto, and, as Gellar tells it, "The first..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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"...to be skewed by disregard of Campaign Finance Reform laws approved by Austin citizens. From a neutral party vantage..."

April 19, 2002 Column

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...see Indians and cowboys riding down Broadway." Graduating from Columbia University, he stayed on there, as a professor of..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Reissues

"...The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Personal Effects

"...illustration by Jason Stout Grab a New York TimesBook Review and you may notice it regularly features at least..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...D.C., and is equally embattled in Texas. Two recent lawsuits by the Texas Democratic Party briefly legalized mail voting,..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

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"...In a recent news story involving me [Lawyers, Drugs, and Money: The Latest on Metabolife," March 14],..."

April 4, 2003 Column

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"...Herbert L. Lawson..."

July 26, 2002 Column

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...by the House Dems the last time Lone Star lawmakers took up the hot-button chore of redistricting. The Dems..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...W. Keith SharpDisagrees With ReviewDear Austin Chronicle,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column

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"...say a few things in response to Jim Caligiuri's review of my new CD ["Texas Platters," May 16] and..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Reefer Madness Revisited

The Marijuana Policy Project's Rob Kampia on the recent victories for legal marijuana

"...Aug. 31, 2007). Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have now legalized medical marijuana, Massachusetts passed a model..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Off the Desk:

"...to the 75th session of the Texas Legislature. State lawmakers opened their biannual run Tuesday with a meaty agenda..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

News Roundup: Biker Gangs, Ice Cream, & Rain

A deadly shooting, the latest at Kyle PD, and more

"...Waco during a deadly gunfight between biker gang members. Law enforcement had been monitoring a meeting between the Bandidos,..."

May 18, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

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"...during 26 workdays. The city's Watershed Protection and Development Review program grabbed the Education prize for its Grow Green..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature

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"...to that part. I feel certain that as a law student, and knowing that he could get sued over..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Reefer Madness: Ill Will

DEA torpedoes effort to secure FDA-approved marijuana

"...up – and for good reason. That month, Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner ruled in favor of allowing..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...has been bolstered by recent events. A study by Columbia associate professor Erik Gartzke found that "economic freedom is..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

Redistricting: GOP Has Lock – But Dems Have Key

Can Obama's DOJ thwart DeLay-style footwork?

"...the 1960s, we have a Democratic Justice Department to review the lines through the Voting Rights Act," noted Karl-Thomas..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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