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"...on outdated science.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

Eyewitness ID

Will Senate Bill 117 prevent wrongful convictions?

"...Will new eyewitness ID procedures actually help prevent faulty identifications in criminal cases, or is..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature 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.

"...anyone else. "To ... my knowledge no peace officer actually saw visually" any of the alleged drug deals, Gabrysch..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...of the Seventies ["Lights Out," July 4]. It is actually incomplete and leads the reader to believe there was..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...For nearly 16 years, Lavernia continued to proclaim his innocence from his cell in the Eastham Unit north of..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two: Return to Forever

From creationism to red-baiting, the right kicks it old school

"...In case of the latter, arguing to impose actual real-time limits on the Bible's creation story – holding..."

May 29, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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"...is. Even when there's overwhelming evidence of a man's innocence they still ignore it...."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

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"...out the details of the allegation to determine what actually happened. Third, the investigation is beginning administratively to determine..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Tinkering With the Machinery of Death

The Texas Legislature moves slowly to consider alternatives to the death penalty

"...in the governor's juxtaposition of the death penalty and innocence -- since it's become increasingly apparent in recent years..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Rodney Reed Gets Execution Stay, New Hearing

New witnesses, debunked forensic evidence, and DNA testing to be considered in 2020

"...that Stites' fiancé, police officer Jimmy Fennell, was her actual killer...."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: 11 Face Execution in Coming Months

A quiet summer gives way to a deadly fall

"...from brain damage – McCann has argued there's an actual hole in Johnson's brain – and schizophrenia, has maintained..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: A Taste of Freedom

Thanks to those who fought for justice – the fight continues

"...Mouw, who had provided the only trial testimony citing actual physical evidence – and he was honest and courageous..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Reflections on Assassination

Trying to find some wisdom on a grim anniversary

"...sense that the moment marked a loss of American innocence; that current honor goes, understandably enough, to 9/11. Even..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

A Parliament of Experts

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?

"...Jimenez has maintained her innocence. She would never hurt Bryan, she told police; she..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...RB: The actual song, "Born to Run," [David Sancious] played on that...."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Strawberry Fields Forever

Future Clouds & Radar float to the magical kingdom of … Peoria?

"..."I'm happiest when I'm pursuing innocence and when I'm offering an avenue for other people..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Genius and Jive

My roller-coaster relationship with Daniel Johnston

"...almost generic to some. The rise and fall, the innocence trumped by experience, the gifted one who produces extraordinary..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Phantom Lady

"...murder. His secretary, Carol (Raines), is convinced of his innocence and finds an ally in Inspector Burgess (Gomez), the..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...It is not an attempt to establish guilt or innocence, but rather to raise questions - questions which, after..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: One Small Step

Gov. Rick Perry spares the life of Kenneth Foster

"...the man who appointed them, then-Gov. George W. Bush. Actual clemency was not just an afterthought – it was..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Gov. Rick Perry fights disclosure of clemency memos -- a battle already waged, and lost, by then-Gov. Bush.

"...as "ineffective counsel, conflict of interest, mitigating evidence, even actual evidence of innocence." And so it went; Bush refused..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Wales where the three guys in Stereophonics come from. Actually, they all grew up on the same street. The..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...festival was cut to 103 from 127 last year. (Actually, of the 103 movies playing in the Sundance fest,..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man Awaiting Murder Trial for Six Years Wants Hays County to Make Up Its Mind

Devonte Amerson spent five years in jail with no conviction

"...into Gage’s murder. “We want to see what was actually said; they don’t have it,” he said. “We know..."

Sept. 6, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy

The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn

"...action, while anointing themselves with an aura of wounded innocence (famously reinforced by the 1939 Jimmy Stewart movie, Mr...."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

Showtime's Outcry Unravels the Greg Kelley Case

Everyone thinks they know what happened to the wrongly-accused Leander highschooler, but Pat Kondelis needed to find the whole story

"...there are now two victims – the child whose actual assailant has never been charged and Kelley, who now..."

June 26, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Drop Crotch

The difficult conversations we don't have are often the ones that alter the course of our lives

"...as quickly as possible. It turned out that there actually was a ruptured sewer pipe near the pool, but..."

March 15, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Review: Our Town

City Theatre’s safe staging of the classic embraces nostalgia

"...traditional stagings of this play cast accordingly. But our actual town consists of people of ranging color, religious diversity,..."

Feb. 27, 2019 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

"This Is a Statement of Hard Facts"

Mark A. Norwood's letter from behind bars

"...Michael Morton wrote a book and professed truth, innocence and justice in it, without knowing all of the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mark Alan Norwood

Death Watch: New Rodney Reed Filing

Death row inmate's lawyers seek retrial

"...Stites' fiancé and the man Reed defenders believe is actually responsible for killing Stites. Since Fennell first gave his..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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