Last-Minute Appeals on Skinner Execution

Skinner denied access to DNA testing

"...none of the items has ever been tested for DNA; neither have fingernail scrapings taken from Busby nor swabs..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Will Oakwood Remains Find Their Families?

Researchers look for relatives of unidentified bodies

"...Department of Anthropology, have released the first report with DNA findings about their race, geographic origins, diet, and more...."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Rodney Reed's Appeals: Key Players

Ignored witnesses, “irrelevant” evidence, and more from two decades of appeals

"...other evidence from the crime scene and swabbed for DNA. One of the swabs matched a DNA sample from..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

APD Shuts Down Effort to Reopen Crime Lab

Interim Chief Manley: "We recognize the failure in our lab. We're taking responsibility, and pushing forward."

"...has officially ceased all operations geared toward reopening its DNA and Serology lab, Interim Police Chief Brian Manley announced..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Crime Lab Cover-Up?

APD admits to long-running wrongdoings with its evidence

"...string of issues with the way APD was conducting DNA analysis – methods that may have affected a number..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Group Accuses Morton Prosecutors of Gross Misconduct

Group files grievances with State Bar

"...young son in Georgetown. Morton fought for years for DNA testing on what became a crucial piece of evidence,..."

Nov. 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Broken Justice

Wrongly convicted exonerees come to the Texas Capitol

"...faulty eyewitness ID was implicated in 86% of Texas DNA exoneration cases. Two years ago, lawmakers tried to enact..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Revolting Door

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'The Trials of Darryl Hunt'

"...back to prison. Ten years after his first conviction, DNA testing – newly recognized as reliable and admissible courtroom..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

New Forensics, New Laws

"...if state lawmakers approve legislation establishing procedures for post-conviction DNA testing of inmates serving time for sexual assault and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dawson: Birth of a Neighborhood

Lightsey Road, Between Congress and First

"...households within its boundaries, the year-old Dawson Neighborhood Association (DNA) could be the subject of a lot of differ-..."

July 14, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors

Plaintiffs cite longstanding malpractice by Austin, Travis County

"...a similar line of questioning: After escaping from her kidnapper and rapist in 2008, she went to the police,..."

June 19, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

APD Knew About Moldy Rape Kits Back in April

Moldy rape kits a problem for prosecution, defense, survivors

"...local lab APD contracted to analyze incoming and backlogged DNA evidence after the lab's June 2016 shuttering – first..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Judges: Move the Lab out of APD!

Court judiciary pens memo to Council, county commissioners

"...of law enforcement; the damaged integrity of the APD DNA lab, compromised such that “future use is deemed unreliable”;..."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Questions of Competence

Hatten ends appeals; advocates push to amend state DNA testing law

"...DNA Test Before Testing..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Judge Recommends Rejecting Rodney Reed Appeal

Magistrate judge contends that DNA proves Reed's guilt

"...1998 for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, after DNA found on vaginal swabs taken from Stites were an..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...three that were brought to us, and we did DNA testing, and two proved to be wrongful identifications and..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

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

New Questions Raised in Owens Shooting

DNA tests and an eyewitness account seem to not match the official story

"...and they point as well to a Jan. 6 DNA lab report from the Texas Department of Public Safety..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rape Kit Backlog Cleared: Now What?

Advocates still uncertain of what’s being done with the results

"...In an email statement Wednesday, APD asserts that "DNA testing" is complete and that incoming kits are outsourced..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Beside Manner: Facing Grief

Using literature to move past tragedy

"...next one on my list (The Dark Lady of DNA). But there's no benefit in that. So take this..."

June 21, 2016 Arts Post by Annamarya Scaccia

Williams Receives Last-Minute Stay of Execution

Tyler native originally set to die Thursday evening

"...James Volberding note, “explained that these errors affected the DNA testing in Texas back to 1999.”..."

July 16, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"..."This issue is not black-or-white, like, for example, a DNA issue where the science may conclusively show that the..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Madness and Forensics

Two capital cases raise psychological and evidentiary issues

"...ever to be executed in the state. The Swearingen DNA..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime

Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor leapt to judgment on Morton

"...Michael Morton, who was recently released from prison after DNA testing demonstrated that he was not responsible for murdering..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...sexual offenses they never committed with the help of DNA evidence, the Arena brothers faced no biological evidence to..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U.S. Supremes Give Skinner a Reprieve

Death row inmate awaits decision on DNA

"...Skinner's case is whether he will have access to DNA testing for multiple items of physical evidence obtained from..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

Hightower on clean elections, corporate genetic research, and living wage legislation

"...An Australian newspaper, the Adelaide Advertiser, reports that the DNA of Tongans and other people of Polynesia are especially..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Question of Compassion for Travis County's Family Violence Court

A woman alleged rape. The man she accused went free. Should his attorney run our court?

"...consented to a sexual assault forensic exam, which gathered DNA that matched the man she accused of rape. The..."

June 19, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin’s Sexual Assault Controversies Roil the District Attorney’s Race

Margaret Moore's controversial handling of rape cases brings opponents to the race

"...fallout from the collapse of the Austin Police Department's DNA forensics lab and its failure to test hundreds of..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...by Fennell. In 2010, while serving time for the kidnapping and rape of a woman in his custody as..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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