Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...home, killing his children. Since his conviction, however, fire science has evolved; to date, roughly a dozen leading fire..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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."

"...closed in June after an audit from the Texas Forensic Science Com­mis­sion revealed a hefty list of longstanding issues:..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Case That Wouldn't Stay Closed

The facts: a tragic house fire, a man executed, a governor under suspicion. Everything else is a mystery.

"...lawyers with the Innocence Project requested the nascent Texas Forensic Science Commission reinvestigate the case to determine whether the..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Jordan Smith

Top 9 Criminal Justice Stories

"...of Texas execute an innocent man based on junk fire-science? That's the question in the case of Cameron Todd..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Innocent Man Put to Death?

Report questions forensic science that led to possibly innocent man's execution

"...The Texas Forensic Science Commission received a report last month questioning the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fire Officials Urged to Revisit Old Cases

Forensic Science Commission nears close of Willingham investigation

"...Members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission are urging state fire officials to develop..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD's DNA Lab Shutters

Department must change its operating procedures

"...brought the lab under the scrutiny of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, it will need to outsource any new..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Signs of Optimism at Troubled Crime Lab

Continued efforts aim to right past wrongdoings at the DNA lab

"...Texas, led by Dr. Bruce Budowle of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, to handle the scientific review of cases..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rape Kit Backlog Cleared: Now What?

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

"...over 4,000 after the 2016 implosion of the APD forensics lab and included kits dating as far back as..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

The unsteady hand of Texas justice

"...4) We'd Rather Not Know The state's Forensic Science Commission closed its inquiry into the 2004 Cameron..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Forensics Flies Free: Last week City Council voted to create..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature

Headlines

News from Austin, Texas, and beyond

"...› The state Forensic Science Commission ended its inquiry into the 1991 Cameron..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature

Lege Notes

"...also put pen to HB 1068, creating a statewide Forensic Science Commission to oversee all crime lab operations and..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

APD Knew About Moldy Rape Kits Back in April

Moldy rape kits a problem for prosecution, defense, survivors

"...the 1,629 untested kits held in that refrigerator. Signature Science – the local lab APD contracted to analyze incoming..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

APD Updates County on Moldy Rape Kits

Operations resume, new protocol for informing stakeholders to come

"...6), after an APD lab briefing before Travis County Commissioners, District Attor­ney Margaret Moore told the Chronicle that the..."

July 6, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

What Happens to Rape Victims?

Sixteen months and nothing

"...police the following day and submitted a sexual assault forensic examination – a SAFE or rape kit often administered..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Kathryn Lundstrom

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...wounds and a skull fracture, reported Elizabeth Peacock, a forensic pathologist with the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office...."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Petition Filed in Willingham Case

Innocence Project alleges misconduct in death row conviction

"...family say the conviction was based on outdated arson forensics and possible prosecutorial misconduct...."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...and State Highway 45 Southwest, Travis Co. staff told commissioners at this week's meeting. Residents of both counties packed..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

“A Victim-Centered Process” for Solving Sex Crimes

APD's new sexual assault cold case unit is up and running

"...represents a next step in APD's reconciliation for a forensic lab that by last June had suffered so many..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...www.traviscountytax.org. For more info, call 854-9473. – Lee Nichols Forensics Work Is Never Done..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature

Headlines

"...that can only be described as Bush-esque, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott told critics of the state's school accountability..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

Crime Lab Cover-Up?

APD admits to long-running wrongdoings with its evidence

"...lab, shuttered since June after consultation with the Texas Forensic Science Commission and the American Society of Crime Lab..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...an African American Cultural Heritage District by the Texas Commission on the Arts, one of seven communities to secure..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

Legeland Update

Sunset shuffles, forensic fights, defections and campaign filings

"...of LHB, she stays on the powerful Sunset Advisory Commission. A month after Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made his..."

Nov. 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Local Political Stories

The city's biggest stories

"...7) Blinded by Science In mid-June, APD shut down its DNA Lab for..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

New Evidence Points to Trouble for WilCo D.A.

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

"...during Bradley's short-lived tenure as chair of the state Forensic Science Commission during its review of the fire science..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Totescast is (You Guessed It) Takin' It To the Streets!

Mobile food vendors & more

"...And last, yet another rebuke of the faulty fire science used to send Cameron Todd Willingham to the execution..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Sunday Survey: 9/19/10

Perry debate-dodges and council budget-passes

"...gurney in 2004. Perry's bizarrely timed restructuring of the Forensic Science Commission scuttled the original 2009 investigation into the..."

Sept. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...to toss out a public warning by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for her role in closing the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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