Rape Kit Backlog Threatens Justice for Survivors

Closed DNA lab delays already strained system

"...– who've decided to press charges – go without justice...."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lone Justice

To Protect Resources, Judge Bunton Defies Politicians

"...local, state and federal officials have wailed about the injustices of Big Government and the Endangered Species Act, Bunton,..."

Sept. 13, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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

"...straight out of the academy by the Giddings Police Department. The couple's wedding was in three weeks...."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Justice for Whom?

Kent Whitaker never wanted execution for his son

"...Perry Williams that questioned the purity of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's then-current stock of pentobarbital (the state's..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Justice for Monica Loera

Found guilty of murder, Loera's killer only faces a 20-year sentence

"...A step in the right direction towards justice: a cisgender, white man was actually facing punishment for..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Death and drugs dominated the year for Austin police

"...3) Justice for Cisco The shooting of Cisco the dog by..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Justice Can Wait

On eve of hearing, Perry reshuffles the Forensic Science Commission

"...the state, its fire experts, or the Texas criminal justice system. "The investigators had poor understandings of fire science..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Justice Down to the Pronoun

APD, media blunder in portrayal of transgender murder victim

"...death she had been misgendered by the Austin Police Department and a local media that largely reports the department's..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Progressives Push to Get Justice Reforms on November Ballot

Oliver, Siegel leading campaign to decriminalize pot, end no-knock

"...the use of no-knock warrants by the Austin Police Department...."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

"...The recurring issue of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice running out of pentobarbital – a sedative..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hoping for Justice in Yogurt Shop Case

"...most of the physical evidence destroyed by the fire department. The crime scene investigation was lacking and not nearly..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Postmarks

Texas Forensics: Politics vs. Justice

The Forensic Science Commission does what it can under A.G.'s limitations

"...recommendations for the Fire Marshal's Office and other criminal justice stakeholders on how to improve arson investigations – in..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Appeals Court Weighs Plea to 'Correct Miscarriage of Justice'

Rodney Reed's fate goes to Criminal Appeals

"...it needs to do to correct a miscarriage of justice."..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Blind Justice

UT law clinic provides due process for Guantánamo detainees

"...According to the Department of Defense, 340 detainees still are being held at..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Have to Believe in Justice

"...know it never ceases to amaze me that police departments around this country continue to perpetuate violence against unarmed..."

July 1, 2005 Postmarks

Justice for HPD Lab Victim?

Josiah Sutton waits on state leaders to clear his name

"...conducted by the now-infamous and recently reorganized Houston Police Department crime lab. Although Sutton was exonerated and released from..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Some Justice in Tulia

An "anomaly" in Tulia bust?

"...public outrage and cries of racial profiling, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Tulia cases...."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Top 9 Criminal Justice Stories

"...of Austin, forcing the release of the Austin Police Department offense report connected to the infamous 1991-1992 Fran and..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News Roundup: No Justice, No Peace

Shootings, protests, and politics

"...that a shot to the heart by Austin Police Department Officer Adam Johnson killed Steve McQuilliams, who at the..."

Dec. 1, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Freedom for the Kellers and Rosemary Lehmberg's wild ride

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...KeyPoint Government Solutions report critical of the Austin Police Department (exit city attorney). City Council rejected the negotiated settlement..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Criminal Justice: From Headlines to Humane

"...to legalize hypodermic-needle-exchange programs run by a local health department or their contractors as a way to decrease the..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Executing Justice

Larry Robison, a schizophrenic killer whose parents tried to get help for their son but were turned away by state mental hospitals, is scheduled for execution on Friday.

"...fourth psychiatrist, Dr. Henry A. Nasrallah, head of the department of psychiatry at Ohio State University, Larry Robison's medical..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Tell the U.S. Department of Justice to Leave Medi-Pot Patients Alone

NORML wants to make sure Holder will keep President Barack Obama's campaign promises

Jan. 13, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Walker

Woody Harrelson stars as a professional escort for political wives in this Paul Schrader movie about sex, murder, scandal, and adultery in Washington, D.C.

"...leanings on the radar of an ambitious and conservative Justice Department lawyer deliciously named Mungo Tenant (a suitably salivating..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Conspiracy Theory

"...Gibson character's motives and his connection to the serious-minded Justice Department lawyer with whom he's seemingly obsessed, but the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It Ain't Over Yet

City and Circle C Wait for Justice

"...the city should have cleared it first with the Justice Department, Garza claimed. "MUDs are elected bodies," Garza explains...."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...and the Branch Davidians, not the federal government," the Justice Department said in a statement. "We are pleased the..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

$250M Proposal To Expand Juvenile Detention Facilities Under Consideration

Commissioners court will decide whether we need more buildings

"...Travis County’s justice system is back in the same fraught position it..."

June 25, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

DOJ Says No to Texas Maps

Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting

"...Shocking no one, the US Department of Justice has just refused to certify that either..."

Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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