Innocence Project Seeks Justice

Timothy Cole died before his false conviction could be overturned, but his family – and the victim of the real attacker – still seek closure

"...the victim of the 1985 Lubbock rape, Michelle Mallin, Innocence Project of Texas Chief Counsel Jeff Blackburn is asking..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Defending the Innocent in Texas

The Texas Center for Actual Innocence is open for business at the UT Law School

"...professor Bill Allison received a call from the Wisconsin Innocence Project asking if he would act as local counsel..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Price of Innocence

Law school innocence projects survive budget cuts – for now

"...retain their very modest funding to run a clinical innocence program...."

Jan. 26, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

"...life for the past 18 years. He leads the Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate the wrongly..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Cole's Posthumous Exoneration Is First for Texas

In clearing Timothy Cole's name, Travis Co. judge does what Lubbock officials refused to do

"...at least, his name and reputation. According to the Innocence Project of Texas, it is the first posthumous exoneration..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Forensics: Politics vs. Justice

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

"...on outdated science. Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas, has offered to help in that..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Graves Sues for Innocence

Anthony Graves is seeking to have his name finally cleared

"...Lawyers with the Texas Civil Rights Project and the Innocence Project of Texas,..."

Feb. 28, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Innocence Network Honors "Incendiary"

"Incendiary: The Willingham Case" doc wins journalism award

"...innocent man being released from death row – a Texas death row, I might add...."

April 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Texas Justice

Book on Texas' Death Row Presents Just the Facts

"...If you live in Texas this October, you no longer have to wait until..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dick Holland

Texas Still Leads Nation in Executions

New death sentences continue to decline & exonerations keep coming

"...Only nine new death sentences were handed out in Texas this year, a 76% decline since 2002, according to..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas Book Festival 2022

"...The 27th annual Texas Book Festival featured nearly 300 authors in conversations, book..."

Nov. 8, 2022 Photo Gallery

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...reputation that his filmography belies. Most of the major projects he has been associated with were green-lit at one..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Ernest Gonzales

"...bedroom beats and drum-machine eclectics hint at Austin's Octopus Project but without the energy and drive. That plants him..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Z-Ro

"...Livin as a blues album rather than a hip-hop project, Z-Ro overcomes a rushed, piecemeal presentation of his latest..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Naked City

Convicted for a murder he did not commit, Christopher Ochoa was freed in Austin thanks to the efforts of a project all the way in Wisconsin.

"...together, professors and students from the University of Wisconsin's Innocence Project...."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Rodney Reed Clemency Filing Cites Fourth New Witness

Former prison mate says Fennell confessed crime in 2010

"...Rodney Reed’s attorneys at the Innocence Project have been very busy in recent weeks advocating..."

Oct. 31, 2019 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history

"...so here it is: The crime never happened, the Texas legal system is (spoiler alert) full of homophobic bigots,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...South Austin, and who spent 20 years in a Texas prison for a murder he says he did not..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die

Melissa Lucio says she didn't kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree

"...of murdering her child. Now, as the state of Texas prepares to put her to death on April 27,..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...he didn't commit (like so many other claims of innocence to come from the row, some more disturbing –..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...time, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the Texas re-redistricting case. Our Michael King is in Washington and..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Falsely accused of sexual assault as a teen, Michael Arena is free but not exonerated

"...removed from the 12 years he spent with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In late 1999, he and..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Rooting Out the Causes of Wrongful Conviction

Commission would investigate wrongful convictions

"...decade since legislation was first filed to create an "innocence commission" to investigate the causes of wrongful convictions in..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Frederick "Rick" Patterson was born in the small Southeast Texas city of Edna, seat of Jackson Co. and just..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hair Analysis: The Root of the Evidence Problem

Texas takes on first-in-the-nation statewide case review

"...The Texas Forensic Science Commission voted unanimously Friday morning to move..."

Jan. 13, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Lawmakers Ask District Attorney to Free Rosa Jimenez

Texas Attorney General's Office urges she remain incarcerated despite poor health

"...she be retried or released by Feb. 25. The Texas Attorney General's Office, with Moore's apparent consent, is trying..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Questions of Competence

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

"...after being sentenced to death by the state of Texas, now-40-year-old Larry Hatten told his attorneys and a Corpus..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

State's Case Hung by a Hair

New DNA testing calls into question execution of Claude Jones

"...Yet again, evidence suggests that Texas may have executed an innocent man. This time the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Dog-Sniff Jurisprudence; and Gov. Goober's Border Cams

"...Two criminal cases in Texas have raised quite a stench about a smell test..."

July 31, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

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