Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...Travis County grand jury has indicted two Austin police officers for first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Mauris..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bill of the Week: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

Companion bills aims to give more local control of wire taps

"...In the waning days of the 83rd legislature, a companion pair of bills is..."

May 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Death Watch: Questions of Competence

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

"...Eighteen years of appeals are ended. In April, nearly two decades after..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Randall Mays Receives Stay of Execution

CCA rules Monday that inmate might be too insane to die

"...Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of the..."

March 17, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Texas' 'Lethal Indifference' Blasted in New Death-Row Report

A new Texas Defenders Service study charges the state Court of Criminal Appeals ignores death-row inmates' rights and its own legal mandate.

"...A new report from the Texas Defender Service charges that inmates on death row are..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Constables: The Rodney Dangerfields of Police Work

Constables forced to defend their jobs

"...Griffin -- long a political thorn in the side of the Commissioners Court -- was left with the emptiest..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Texas Legal Services Center's Assertion of Rights Work Gives a Voice to Victims

Advocates stand up for victims' rights

"...In 2017, the Texas Legal Services Center, a statewide nonprofit that fills in..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

ACLU Sues Texas Cities Over Local Abortion Bans

Suit argues small towns aim to suppress truth, free speech

"...In response to a wave of tiny East Texas towns passing ordinances to ban abortion..."

Feb. 26, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Pearl Moen: Out of Jail Already?

Your parole hearing hardly means you’re out on parole

"...arrested last February for the Nov. 14, 2015, stabbing of a woman outside of a friend's apartment. Moen stabbed..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Proof of Nothing

When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?

"...standard for a public intoxication arrest. According to the Texas Penal Code, a person commits PI "if the person..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Theft of Wages Is Sin: Fighting for Migrant Workers

Advocates for migrant workers and local law enforcement team up to get deadbeat employers to pay up.

"...migrant workers and refuse to pay them increasingly face criminal charges that could land them in jail. That's the..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Texas Lawmaker Wants to Make Abortion Completely Illegal

NARAL Pro-Choice says bill "most extreme" abortion measure at the Lege

"...R-Arlington, filed a bill this week that would outright criminalize abortion at any stage...."

Jan. 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Prosecutors in Christopher Taylor Trial Question Impartiality of APD Investigation

The prosecution rests

"...Prosecutors in the trial of Christopher Taylor – the Austin police officer accused of..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Roberson Execution Stayed

Court of Criminal Appeals sends case back to Anderson County

"...The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay on the..."

June 17, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...Updated 8-4 5:15pm In an explosive pair of letters sent to City Manager Spencer Cronk, Travis County..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Dell Medical School Team Unveils Plans to Reinvent Austin State Hospital

Rising from the ashes of the aging mental hospital

"...turned another corner, with last month's delivery to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission of the "ASH Redesign"..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say

Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court

"...The first time Hays County Jail officials rushed Melvin Nicholas to the hospital was Feb. 18,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...a decade ago and could name just one police officer, chances are that the cop's name was Mike Sheffield...."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...prosecutors – in Gray County and the attorney general's office – for the right to DNA-test certain items of..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Very Fuzzy Profile

Police officer Tim Enlow's "racial profiling" case may not be open and shut.

"...The August firing of six-year veteran Austin Police Dept. Officer Tim Enlow for..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Council Takes Action on Municipal Court Reform

City has 90 days to evaluate how it handles indigent defendants

"...Casar), gives city management 90 days to draft a code amendment that will both define what it means to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

House Arrest

APD brass decided they had a problem with Officer Jermaine Hopkins – so they assigned him to stay-at-home duty until they could figure out what to do with him. That was a really bad idea.

"...In the interim, Roche's wife, Sarah, walked out of their house and came upon the conversation happening between..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Common Law

Will deferred adjudication show up on my criminal record?

"...deferred adjudication, will it still show up on my criminal record?..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column by Carl Barry

The Common Law

Big Night Out? Try Deferred Disposition

"...to challenge a public intoxication citation with no memory of the night's events or witnesses to support or explain..."

May 30, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

Reasonable Doubt

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

"...Three officers arrived at 2810 Rock Ter­race Dr. at 3:40am. They..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Why Is Doil Lane Still on Death Row?

Despite a Supreme Court ban on the execution of the mentally retarded, those prisoners remain on Texas' death row.

"...to talk with the visitors on the other side of the window, and says, "It's hard to talk about."..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

No Visible Suffering

The Texas executions continue, amidst new questions about pain and suffering

"...KaSheena Hooks drove to Huntsville from the small town of Fred, Texas, with her husband, her sister and brother-in-law,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Motions for Recusal

The politics of electing judges

"...Had Tuesday gone as planned, criminal defense attorney McKinley Melancon would have spent the afternoon..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Locked Up for Being Poor

City accused of unlawfully jailing indigent defendants over unpaid fines

"...The city of Austin could consider new language to combat the issue..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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