Naked City

Legislator says his fetal-personhood bill shouldn't punish pregnant women

"...Victims of Violence Act," was ostensibly written to ensure criminal liability in the event of a crime against a..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...["Keel Does McCarthy," April 18]. As longtime advocates of criminal justice reform working with the ACLU, we take issue..."

May 2, 2003 Column

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...it threatens the stability not only of the county's criminal justice system, but also of the greater public health...."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Exonerated

In the Zachary Scott Theatre Center staging of 'The Exonerated,' tales of people wrongfully imprisoned on death row draw us deeply into a world of injustice

"...Our criminal justice system can just be so … inconvenient. I..."

April 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Who Are These Guys?

Dem primary candidates try to strike a campaign flame

"...all Democrats. Gammage was among a bipartisan band of reform-minded House members – known, because of their number, as..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...with a risk; if you choose to be a criminal and perhaps drive down the street with a policeman..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...late October, and Van Orden -- a now-homeless former criminal defense attorney, with sharp mind and spry wit, surely..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

The Hightower Lowdown

The Bushes suddenly discover women's rights in Afghanistan, tear up the Bill of Rights, and let pesticide companies test their poisons on human beings.

"...from Bush, Ashcroft, Ridge, and their whole gaggle of small-minded autocrats who have pulled off a sudden, sweeping usurpation..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...Regarding the Feb. 9 article on problems with indigent criminal defense in Texas ("Capitol Chronicle: You Have a Right..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

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"...Louis LandesmanOpen-Minded People Will Find Conspiracies Are RealDear Editor,..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

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"...your posturings and protestatings of virtue, soi-disant liberalism, and high-mindedness don't come a patch on us, or on the..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"...New Urbanists are "like minded" members of the business community who use our current..."

March 26, 1999 Column

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"...Olasky shows that the whole point of being open minded is to find the truth of any situation and..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column

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Justice Denied

"...Pastor, FBC Lueders Narrow-Minded Wohlgemuth..."

June 6, 1997 Column

Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat

Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?

"...that on "the issues" – budget priorities, health care, criminal justice, etc. – they are both solidly Democratic, with..."

July 10, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Live Music to See This Weekend

Your game plan for the next three days

"...eardrums! Jersey City’s Fit for an Autopsy blasts politically minded deathcore from The Great Collapse, joined by Brooklyn’s trending..."

June 23, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Convicted Felon Tom DeLay

"The Hammer" guilty of money laundering

"...everyday Texans continue to suffer for the stain his criminal activities and effort to gerrymander our districts has left..."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 2 general election

"...if he garners 5%. Supreme Court and Court of Criminal AppealsSupreme Court, Place 3: Debra Lehrmann (Republican) Supreme Court,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...Edgerton's The Square, and you're hungry for more Aussie criminality, then this wild, wild Kingdom is right up your..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Nine (So Far) Vie to Fill Court Vacancy

Will Perry appoint someone with a chance of winning the election?

"...she ran as a Repub­lic­an for the 299th District Criminal Court against Judge Charlie Baird, and then as a..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...real Brandon, this awesome young man who had no criminal record of any kind. His upbringing being: an A/B..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column

Naked City

In Central Texas, lefties thrive on the Net

"...A thoroughly comprehensive set of links, not only to like-minded bloggers, but to a gaggle of news sources and..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Prison reformers protest plans for a for-profit detention center near Laredo.

"...According to Carlos Villareal of the Texas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, a group of like-minded reformers have..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...to end their legal fight over the ill-starred Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center. The Downtown court-and-jail building ended up being..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Hopwood lawyer Steven Wayne Smith aspires to the Texas Supreme Court.

"...crook who distinguished his service on the Court of Criminal Appeals by providing one more unvarying vote to reject..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...responsibility, by state mandate, for most of the local criminal-justice system, and that costs money in buckets. Unlike, say,..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Writer-at-Large

"...friend Sonny Hope runs the appropriately named Department of Criminal Retribution but that friendship doesn't ensure, by any means,..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

A Year in the Life

"...fizzled at the polls, but they did get one like-minded fellow -- Todd Baxter -- elected to the Pct...."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

Showtime's Outcry Unravels the Greg Kelley Case

Everyone thinks they know what happened to the wrongly-accused Leander highschooler, but Pat Kondelis needed to find the whole story

"...later, he was exonerated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and released. In Kondelis' series, that means there..."

June 26, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: American Animals

A docudrama as audacious as the heist it re-creates

"...often the most misused. It's not audacious when skilled criminals try to pull off a complex heist; that's just..."

March 19, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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