DNA Lab to Reopen?

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

"...of City Council, County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, and county commissioners) urging that Council approve what she called an “interim..."

March 16, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Norwood Proceedings Slated for Monday Start

Accused killer in 1988 murder of Debra Baker prepares for second trial

"...lab, which closed indefinitely this summer after the Texas Forensic Science Commission found a number of issues with the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...Williamson County District Attorney and chair of the state's Forensic Science Commission John Bradley got slapped with a ten-day..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Headlines

"...• The state Forensic Science Commission voted to close the book on two..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature

Headlines

"...• The Texas Forensic Science Commission has voted unanimously to begin an investigation..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature

Headlines

"...issue but has filed a response with the state's Forensic Science Commission...."

March 2, 2012 News Feature

Top 10 State Stories

Budget cuts and wildfires left us a bit parched

"...senators declined to confirm Bradley as chair of the Forensic Science Commission that he had aggressively undermined. Neither his..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Group Accuses Morton Prosecutors of Gross Misconduct

Group files grievances with State Bar

"...Act during his tenure as the chair of the Forensic Science Commission as it relates to the unrelated FSC..."

Nov. 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

More WilCo Maneuvering in Morton Case

Bradley trying to pull plug on investigation?

"...the wake of his aggressive chairmanship of the state Forensic Science Commission, many defense attorneys and some lawmakers have..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...• Travis County commissioners are working on their own set of new district..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is Playing With Fire

"My word, Mr. Bradley, my word!"

"...The Newscast talks up new turmoil with the Forensic Science Commission, known for being roadblocked in their Todd..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

March Against Executions

This year's Texas Moratorium Network-organized march to focus on execution of innocents

"...case of Cameron Todd Willingham was forwarded to the Forensic Science Commission for review. Willingham was executed in 2004..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...• County commissioners went ahead and voted to hand over the streets..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the lax and vague codes of the Texas Ethics Commission. ... We question whether it is really an independent,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Who’s Testing APD’s Backlog of Evidence?

“Everything is on hold”

"...DNA cases since the June shutdown of the department's forensics lab, and very little evidence has been tested in..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...made by a panel from the National Academy of Sciences in its groundbreaking 2009 report on the national state..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...can be permitted at Mueller's northwest corner. The Planning Commission's only change to the massive Mueller zoning case was..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...the Giddings State Home and School, a Texas Youth Commission reformatory 60 miles east of Austin. Today, Earle is..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the City Council voted to name the APD's new forensic science center -- currently under construction -- after the..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD’s Backed Up DNA Backlog

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

"...Austin Police Commander Michael Eveleth told the Public Safety Commission on Monday that the forensics unit he's overseen since..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...an opening ceremony for its new Robert Martinez, Sr. Forensics Science Center. The building, located on Springdale Road and..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

News Roundup: Questions and Answers

Sandra Bland cause of death still unclear

"...position backed up by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science, which ruled that Bland had hanged herself. However,..."

July 20, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...instead to drive to a local retail store called Science Stuff. He called Castillo, who lived with his wife..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 7/4/11

Your patriotic drug news roundup

"...violence along the U.S.-Mexico border," he told the Christian Science Monitor. Of course, the theory that making a drug..."

July 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sarah Eckhardt's State of the County Address Features Brags and Worries

The state of Travis County is strong, but challenges remain

"...a lower tax rate, and praised in turn her Commissioners Court colleagues for particular accomplishments: Gerald Daugherty for his..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...Dana Kadavy, who served as the director of Biological Sciences at local private lab Signature Science for 14 years,..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The city Planning Commission on Tuesday passed its proposal to greatly expand the..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

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