Lighting a Fuse

Critics see Big Brother in proposed data-sharing center

"...bong-smoking, V for Vendetta-viewing Ron Paulite to think "fusion centers" are a bad idea? That was the unspoken question..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Work in Progress

Susan Herman of the ACLU on the long fight for liberty and justice

"...response to Obama's promise to close the indefinite detention center...."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Nathaniel and Li'l Nate

The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II

"...fast money, and undoubtedly an eventual showdown with the criminal justice system...."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: Treatment Works

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

"...a Texas prison. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's 2007 annual review, it costs more than $2..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Prosecutor Times Four

Part 1: Meet the candidates for Travis County district attorney

"...in alternatives to incarceration and in community and restorative justice programs targeting the root causes of crime. His legacy..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...• Five UT football players suspended this year for criminal activity is a misfortune – six sounds like negligence...."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature

TYC Trouble

Mounting frustration in Lege over Perry's lack of action toward allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within TYC facilities

"...Pyote and similar allegations about the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg. Representatives were worried as much about the..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Terry Keel is qualified to comment on the death penalty, and you're not

"...legislative session, Rep. Terry Keel, chairman of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, pulled out an excellent impression of the..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News/Print

Moving images and archbishops on death row

"...The Austin Public Library's Austin History Center has received the Texas Library Association's 2004 Project of..."

April 2, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Why Is Doil Lane Still on Death Row?

Despite a Supreme Court ban on the execution of the mentally retarded, those prisoners remain on Texas' death row.

"...the Brown School in San Marcos, a residential treatment center for children with developmental disabilities. Testing from his time..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Rylander's Prison Plans Not Sewn Up

Comptroller Rylander seeks to aid the war effort with Texas prisoners.

"...to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "I am 'a little' past recruiting..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"...fact that Chavez is an example of how the criminal justice system should work: A person commits a crime,..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

Bond Issues

"...Proposition #3: The issuance of $16,045,000 of criminal justice and jail facility bonds for facilities at the..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature

Austin at Large: Mobility Is a Civil Right

The new Austin electorate, for whom equity is non-negotiable, considers transit

"...very much"; the equation of mobility with equity and justice was a strange concept to both SH 130's fans..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Women’s Jail 2.0: Diversion or Expansion?

Travis County Commissioners Court mulls a long-term overhaul of the correctional complex in Del Valle

"...for that piece in response to pushback from community justice advocates, but in April 2019 voted to issue certificates..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

More Dems File in State Judicial Races

Keith Hampton, Amy Clark Meachum announce for high Texas courts

"...attorney Keith Hampton joined the primary race for chief justice of the 3rd Court of Appeals, and Amy Clark..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...recount stories and vow, alongside allies from the Equal Justice Center and Texas Civil Rights Project, to pressure Congress..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Housekeeping News

Plus trying to slow the Convention Center expansion, code changes

"...In short, Paxton "abused the judicial process to thwart justice," "made misrepresentations or false or misleading statements in official..."

June 2, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

"...So a course promoted by the Austin Regional Intelligence Center in July 2019 was no doubt appealing. Offered by..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fighting Sexual Assault

Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students

"...with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice by students who charge that their universities and colleges..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Panel Targets Roots of Wrongful Convictions

Recommendations on improving witness identification and evidence testing head to the Lege

"...conviction and making recommendations to avoid future miscarriages of justice. Among those were recommendations that state police agencies record..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Oak Springs, which the district may turn into pre-kindergarten centers over the passionate objections of their communities in 78704..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Cruel and Unusual

Prisoners Fear Violence in Texas Prisons

"...James Barker never recovered from the massive head injuries..."

Feb. 27, 1998 News Feature by Janet Heimlich

Potholes and Potshots

"...Democrat Haywood Ware photograph by John Anderson..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Amy Smith

Death Watch: As Execution Falls Out of Favor Nationwide, Texas Accelerates

State continues to execute priests and the intellectually disabled

"...The finding is part of the Death Penalty Information Center's yearly report on capital punishment, released last week...."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Public Notice: Drunkenness, Affordability, and the Big Lie

"...she'd likely side with the Dems in issues of criminal justice as well (see my column from two weeks..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Death Watch: Supreme Court Halts John Henry Ramirez's Execution Over Religious Freedom Appeal

Court will hear Ramirez's case for pastor's touch during execution this fall

"...At the center of those arguments is an inmate's right to a..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Invest in Women and Families, Not New Jails

"...2015 Travis County 20-year $700 million plan for our justice system, on which county staff bases the need for..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Judge Andy Brown

Republicans Vow to “Re-Fund the Police” by Seizing Local Control

State grabs power to dictate local public safety budgets

"...grant new powers to the Office of the Governor's Criminal Justice Division, which heretofore has primarily administered grant programs...."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Veteran Named Interim Police Chief as City Launches Speedy Search

Joe Chacon not a “placeholder,” says City Manager Cronk

"...Although Chacon has a better reputation than Gay among justice advocates who have been influential in the last year’s..."

March 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

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