Hidden Evidence?

Reed's attorneys insist evidence unavailable to him during his 1998 trial casts serious doubt on his guilt of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, and strongly supports the defense theory that another man was the killer

"...District Judge Reva Towslee-Corbett. Reed's attorneys insist that exculpatory evidence unavailable to Reed during his 1998 trial – evidence..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

DNA Lab to Reopen?

Council will consider a plan to hand over APD's lab to DPS

"...recommendations and “evaluate the impact of the findings to DNA evidence” in criminal cases, and (b) begin work with..."

March 16, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Forced Testimony Over Evidence?

No physical evidence implicates Cardenas in his cousin's murder

"...Cardenas, a Mexican national convicted of capital murder for kidnapping, raping, and killing his 16-year-old cousin in McAllen, is..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Judge Rules Against DNA Testing in Reed Case

Resets the execution date for March 5

"...A last-ditch effort to introduce new DNA testing into the case of Rodney Reed was denied..."

Nov. 25, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Where’s Your Evidence?

Exculpatory testimony, DNA at issue in two landmark cases

"...a 10-year prison sentence for the in-custody rape and kidnapping of a woman while he was an officer with..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

APD’s Backed Up DNA Backlog

The department still holds evidence from 3,294 sexual assault cases

"...forensics unit he's overseen since late December still holds evidence requiring DNA testing from 3,294 sexual assault cases. That..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

New Evidence Could Clear Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiancée

"...death row inmate Rodney Reed are arguing that new evidence uncovered about the conduct of victim Stacey Stites' police-officer..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lawyers Disagree on DNA Test Results in Skinner Case

Questions still linger about brutal crime

"...the state of Texas actually safeguarded and properly preserved evidence collected as part of its investigation into the 1993..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who’s Testing APD’s Backlog of Evidence?

“Everything is on hold”

"...Austin Police have accumulated more than 4,000 untested DNA cases since the June shutdown of the department's forensics..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

New Evidence Points to Trouble for WilCo D.A.

After 25 years in prison, Michael Morton sees a glimmer of hope

"...The results of new DNA testing in an old murder case confirm that Michael..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

DNA Testing Granted in Skinner Case

It took more than a decade, but Skinner wins fight to test evidence

"...row inmate Hank Skinner is poised to get the DNA testing that he's been requesting for more than a..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

DNA Testing Puts Hank Skinner at Murder Scene

But it doesn't necessarily mean he's guilty, attorneys argue

"...DNA testing in the case of death row inmate Hank..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Judge Orders Posthumous DNA Testing

Did the state execute an innocent man?

"...that the state of Texas must turn over biological evidence – that was set to be destroyed – for..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Row Case Evidence May Never Be Tested

When technicalities take precedence over finding out who done it

"...executed on March 24 without key pieces of physical evidence in his case ever having been tested. "We continue..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop DNA Remains a Mystery

After four months of searching, a match still has not been found for the DNA that defense attorneys hope will exonerate their clients

"...expected to quickly find the donor of unknown male DNA found in the body of Amy Ayers, the youngest..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Norwood Trial: Breaking Down the DNA

Accused killer’s ex-wife takes the stand

"...Judge Julie Kocurek agreed to let the state present evidence on three burglaries that took place in the same..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Corralling the Evidence

Proposed SB 1439 would tighten statewide evidence procedures

"...the nation governing the storage and retention of criminal evidence – but there is no requirement that individuals working..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hair Analysis: The Root of the Evidence Problem

Texas takes on first-in-the-nation statewide case review

"...hair comparison analysis linking a defendant to crime scene evidence was provided by Federal Bureau of Investigation examiners. That..."

Jan. 13, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Crime Lab: Evidence of Improvement?

Audits on active forensic labs expected to begin before July's end

"...full year after the Austin Police Department shuttered its DNA lab due to out-of-date procedures and unqualified analysts, department..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Pruett Gets 60-Day Delay Pending DNA Testing

A death row inmate is granted a rare reprieve

"...postponed for 60 days pending the outcome of agreed-to DNA testing that could demonstrate Pruett was not responsible for..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reed and Swearingen Evidence in Question

Two more death penalty cases under appeal scrutiny

"...filed in federal court a brief containing explosive new evidence that they say bolsters Reed's claim of actual innocence...."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

"Sanctum" Explores Ancestral Memories in Our DNA

Alyssa Taylor Wendt and five other artists look at inherited memory in this group show at Big Medium

"...also been passed down to you, encoded in your DNA? Biologists have found physical evidence of this – genetic..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Court Rejects New Evidence in Rodney Reed Death Penalty Case

Reed has long claimed innocence

"...Jimmy Fennell, after Fennell discovered the affair. Prosecutors presented evidence that Reed and Fennell had not known one another..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab

The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?

"...the Austin Police Department announced the shutdown of its DNA lab due to poorly trained staff and the use..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Yogurt Shop Murder

New evidence could hobble state's murder case

"...for yogurt shop defendant Robert Springsteen says that retested DNA evidence proves his client is not guilty and should..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After Innocence

This documentary raises staggering questions about virtually every aspect of the criminal-justice system as it follows what happens to several convicts who have been exonerated by DNA evidence submitted by the Innocence Project.

"...the nation’s most notorious hellholes; and finally exonerated by DNA evidence submitted by the Innocence Project, an advocacy group..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sundance Original 'Rectify' Premieres Tonight

New series tackles crime and punishment in the South

"...to death, and serves 19 years in prison before DNA evidence appears that may exonerate him from guilt. Sound..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...into Stites' murder mishandled, but that much of the evidence obtained by investigators was tainted by serious breaches in..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Science of Injustice

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

"...charged with capital murder. The state charged that Swear­in­gen kidnapped her from the college, raped her, and tied a..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Did Failures at APD’s Crime Lab Lead to Sexual Assaults in Houston?

Rape case goes unprosecuted due to contaminated DNA evidence

"...to struggle with its examination and analysis of the evidence gathered from that rape...."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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