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

"...Just days ago, on Nov. 12, they asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to halt the execution to..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop First Texas Execution of 2019

Drugs, mental illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder

"...The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted its first stay of..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Defender Proposal Submitted to the State

Judges sign off on county application for funding of PDO

"...approval of the county’s amended grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, for the creation of a Public..."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

In Search of Greater Justice With a Travis County Public Defender’s Office

Taking steps toward a much improved, more equitable local criminal justice system

"...the Commissioners Court forwarded a grant application to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for the creation of a Travis..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

County Pushes Public Defender Plan Forward

Commissioners Court votes to proceed with indigent defense office – but not everybody's happy about it

"...to approve a working proposal to establish a public defender's office (with Commissioner Gerald Daugherty dissenting). If approved, the..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...have recently been sending what they don't want to Texas. Of late the refuse has included sewage sludge, silicon..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...• The Texas House hiccuped on the way to expanding coverage of..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Death Watch: Cruel & Unusual Confinement

Convicted hit man faces third date with death

"...for their roles. Michael, however, was part of the Texas Seven jailbreak in 2000, which eventually landed him on..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Rising to the Defense

Travis County tries to level the courtroom playing field with a public defender's office

"...of Tuesday afternoon contemplating a grant proposal to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission that (if approved) would initiate the..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Michael King

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...all. Garza has looked somewhat beyond Moore and Central Texas and, echoing a national activist reform movement, charged that..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...A day before the Texas Senate debated and ultimately passed House Bill 2, the..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Stacey Stites?, May 24, 2002). Reed's attorneys, with the Texas Defender Service, filed a federal appeal last winter, claiming..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...article basically rehashed the talking points distributed by the Texas Defender Service and others who have a vested interest..."

April 15, 2005 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...juveniles, which of course has huge implications in needle-happy Texas. See "Beyond City Limits."..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

State Rep. Keel Responds

"...article basically rehashed the talking points distributed by the Texas Defender Service and others who have a vested interest..."

April 11, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of hours. Officials at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said demand for air conditioning hit the grid during..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature

Family Court Feud: Public Defenders for CPS Cases?

Two civil court judges hope to ensure better legal representation for indigent families

"...and Jeanne Meurer have proposed forming two new public defenders' offices in Travis Co. One would represent parents involved..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...The smell eventually faded away, and by March, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced that no new lakes..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Support Remains for a Travis County Public Defenders' Office

Local judges, community leaders on what needs to happen to create a new office

"...still want to work toward a Travis County Public Defenders' Office. The panel discussion focused on the basic details..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...Bobby Levinski, and Art Martinez de Vara of the Texas Local Government Center debated Proposition K, the November ballot..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Travis County Revisits Creating Public Defenders’ Office

Legal panel ponders questions pondered many times before

"...about the possibility of creating a Travis County Public Defenders’ Office, the myriad stakeholders still want to make progress..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Welcome to Texas: Refugee Services of Texas has begun resettling Afghan refugees..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...10, handing out leaflets for Kennedy in small-town Meridian, Texas, and fighting with Baptist kids who knocked Kennedy's Catholicism...."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Point Austin: Drive-By Government

Abbott says Texas doesn't have to disclose companies' chemical stockpiles, but why are these chemicals in our neighborhoods in the first place?

"...the fact – that the Department of State Health Services (which once provided such information) no longer need disclose..."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Innovative Justice: Lipscombe vs. Seelig

Both candidates push alternatives to incarceration

"...drug and alcohol cases) and provide counseling and other services in an attempt to get them straight without having..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...however, claiming he'd been coerced into making it by Texas Rangers. No videotape or photographic evidence of abuse was..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Human Rights Are Indivisible

International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.

"...of Jobs With Justice picketed the Health and Human Services Commission, distributing information about the state's determination to transfer..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...advocacy group seeking reforms within the state's Child Protective Services arm of the Dept. of Protective and Regulatory Services,..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

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

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Politics Top 10

Top Ten Political Stories

"...fund that the EUD transfer provides for basic city services. In fact, this year's budget battles weren't over whether..."

Jan. 10, 1997 News Feature

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