Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...ago. The 20-year-old works in home remodeling construction, one of the estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants statewide who make up..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Death Watch: DNA Testing Denied for Rodney Reed

Reed and Pruett strike out. But justice for Duane Buck?

"...The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed a Bastrop County court's..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Double Death Penalty

Garcia, convicted of capital murder, contends that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence

"...by a gas pump. Garcia was hiding inside one of the store's coolers...."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...jobs to support the household. There's Margarita Campos, mother of two, stopped and detained for driving 10 miles an..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Death Watch: One Inmate Gets Reprieve, Another Granted Hearing

Is Larry Hatten sane enough to die?

"...A court in Nueces County has pulled from the calendar next..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Travis Judicial Dems Win One, Lose One

Democrat secures county judicial race, while Republican wins 3rd Court seat

"...It was a brutal E-night for Democrats in Texas, including some in Travis County, but the toll spared..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Headlines• On the last day of 2006, the total number of U.S. combat casualties in..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the Chronicle has been beguiled by the screw-the-rich rhetoric of the McMansion proponents [Best New and Potentially Sexy Zoning..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column

Naked City

Happenings from Austin and beyond

"...HeadlinesQuote of the Week: "It's refreshing. I feel like we have..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The Texas Democratic Party's executive committee voted unanimously on Nov. 14..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...for what she did. Accepting responsibility is the beginning of healing." - District Attorney Ronnie Earle, August 1996..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Rayford, Battaglia

Huntsville heats up

"...Tuesday, Jan. 30, for the 1999 kidnapping and murder of ex-girlfriend Carol Hall. The 64-year-old Dallas native was on..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: A Dying Breed

Can Texas even carry out an execution anymore?

"...Officials down at Texas' once-proud and prolific death chamber must..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Two More Executions Will Make Three in Five Weeks

Executions accelerate in 2015

"...Texas has set a brisk pace for executions in 2015:..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Partisan Races

Looking at the statewide, legislative, and county ballot

"...doing so, they cheaply malign and undersell the achievements of the Fort Worth Dem­o­cratic senator. If the role of..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Is Druery Sane Enough to Die?

Brazos County judge apparently thinks so

"...for years, believes that he and his cell on Texas' death row are "wired," and has spent a significant..."

July 24, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Wrong Way To Right a Wrongful Conviction

Graves sues for compensation for time spent behind bars

"...Graves – wrongly convicted in 1994 for the murder of a family in Somerville and finally freed late last..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Penalty Off the Hook

Preemptive strike against wrongful conviction fails in murder trial prehearing

"...death penalty is constitutional as applied in the case of John Edward Green Jr. – awaiting trial for the..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Row Inmates' Sentences Overturned

Supremes overturn death sentences of three Texas inmates, sending them back to state courts and calling into question the death sentences of dozens of other inmates

"...The U.S. Supreme Court overturned on April 25 the death sentences of three..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Patterson Appeal Denied Again

Thirteenth Court of Appeals denies for second time the appeal of Frederick Patterson, one of 29 black residents in Edna rounded up and charged with dealing crack

"...On Oct. 26 the Corpus Christi-based 13th Court of Appeals denied for the second time the appeal..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "I'm a regular reader of the Chronicle,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...No wayyyy! However, early voting for the two ACC run-offs runs May 19-28, with the election scheduled for June..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Rosa Jimenez Is Free: "Exciting, Overwhelming, and I Feel So Blessed"

New DA Garza commits to "aggressively pursue innocence"

"...that attorneys, advocates, and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office believe she did not commit...."

Jan. 28, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Kellers Granted Relief

Court rules with little explanation

"...Last Wednesday's news that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals would unanimously grant relief –..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Killer or Fall Guy?

Was Daniel Nagle murdered by a man acting alone, or was it part of a larger conspiracy?

"...On the afternoon of Dec. 17, 1999, in Beeville, Texas, correctional officer and..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Free Daniel Villegas

Rally at Capitol today for teen many believe was wrongly jailed

"...Aug. 16, 2012, supporters have been waiting for the appeals court in Austin to make that happen. For a..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Sky's the Limit

County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse

"...Building a new courthouse, says Travis County Judge John Dietz, is "really kind..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: It's Not About Sharon Keller

Sharon Keller, Todd Willingham, and unjustifiable homicide

"...dock before Sharon Keller the judge. Keller, presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, stood trial last month..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Regarding your endorsement of Margaret Cooper for the 353rd District Court ["Endorsements," Oct...."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

Naked City

The high court rules – solidly – against Texas in death-penalty case

"...On Feb. 24, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of Texas inmate Delma..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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