Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"..."Our responsibility is to help Lacresha heal not by blaming everybody else for what she did, but by helping..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...I am writing to attempt to correct several errors in the article..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"...Rigoberto Avila was in the living room of the small two-bedroom apartment on..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Science of Injustice

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

"...On Jan. 2, 1999, Daniel Raglind was searching a section of the Sam Houston National..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Open Letter to Vanessa Leggett

We're all in trouble, along with Vanessa Leggett, if the governement begins defining who is and who is not a true journalist.

"...As one who's earned his keep writing journalism since 1974, I want to thank you for..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

District Eternity

As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work

"...Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who in December announced his decision to retire at the end..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

Tone Deaf

Deaf Austinites say police can't seem to listen to reason

"...That explains some, but not all, of what happened to her..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...If the Dixie Chicks suffer a loss in revenue from Natalie Maines' anti-Bush comments at a London..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Headlines

"...Early voting begins Monday, April 25, and runs through Tuesday, May..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...David Foster Wallace Little, Brown and Company, $24 hard..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...executed because she was poor and black ["Without Evidence: Executing Frances Newton," News, Sept. 9]. She was executed because..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...March 2004 was not a flattering month for the Austin Police Department, nor for Austin's..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...least he thought so -- enough to have the words tattooed in fancy script on the fleshy part of..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...recently penned a letter to the editor of The Austin Chronicle ["Postmarks," April, 4] wherein I took to task..."

April 18, 2003 Column

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season, not Chicago during Prohibition...."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

APD Pot-Hunters Are Data-Mining at AE

Are you using 'too much' energy? Inquiring drug cops want to know.

"...According to federal prosecutors, local Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...Henry met Sarah in the summer of 1994, when he was 19 years..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Headlines..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle -- Finish the Story -- and Unionize!..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Defense for the Unwitting?

What if you really did think she was 17?

"...The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week heard oral arguments in a case..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of a little bad press. We appreciate the free advertising, but the Journal isn't that powerful." – Wall Street..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Town Lake 'Chinatown'?

Bill Moriarty's lawsuit against the city opens a can of worms on contracting, conflicts, and a good ol' boy network of city contractors

"...is Bill Moriarty's estimate, as he appears to be settling in for a long legal siege against the city..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Michael King

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...the wrong temperature for too long -- so bad, in fact, that it can kill you. On its way..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...No sleeping late this Saturday: A half-day brainstorming session to hammer..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature

The Slow Burn

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...In this visual age, seeing is believing. But it's our..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Feature by Dick J. Reavis

This Ain't No KOA

Don't Let the Tent Flap Hit You on Your Way Out...

"...Michael Urubek says the city council is dreaming if it thinks the new encampment ordinance will succeed..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Going Underground at the Vortex

Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?

"...To see Mason and Kyle sipping cognac while seated on a leather sofa in Mason's..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...months, by personal distractions." – Ex-majority leader Tom DeLay, in a letter to U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert announcing..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature

P.I.'S Case Casts (Another) Cloud Over Yogurt Shop Probe

Private investigator Louis Akin alleges that police and prosecutors busted him on false charges to block defense efforts in the yogurt-shop case.

"...All charges against Maurice Pierce, the third defendant awaiting trial for the..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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