Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...attorney who has sat on the board of the Innocence Project for 17 years. He is obsessive about wrongful..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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

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

"...That includes what Vanessa Pot­kin, the Innocence Project attorney who's been working on the case since..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: A Startling Last-Minute Claim of Innocence

New evidence emerges in case of man slated for March 8 execution

"...to the murders, and he has always maintained his innocence. The police examined Gonzales on the day of the..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: Kid Candidate

How one young prankster upended Amarillo politics

"...the time, Pedigo had no intention of launching an actual political career; the video was meant to be a..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

La llorona

Supernatural horror explores the wailing soul of a nation denied justice

"...unflinchingly: General Enrique Monteverde (Diaz, a dead ringer for actual Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt) is on trial for..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

What Passes for Justice

"...tens of locked-down thousands. Poor citizens who plead their actual innocence, but can’t afford the bail, are routinely kept..."

June 10, 2020 Postmarks

Opening the Case on the American Sherlock

Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics

"...Dawson also worked with the Texas Center for Actual Innocence, a nonprofit founded by her father to investigate..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

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

Never a slow news day

"...was denied because she told APD her rapes were "actually consensual." At the time, Moore defended Montford's actions –..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

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

BREAKING: Rodney Reed Granted Stay of Execution

Citing new evidence, CCA remands case to Bastrop trial court

"...years earlier of Stacey Stites, has consistently proclaimed his innocence while pursuing appeals from death row for more than..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

More Dems File in State Judicial Races

Keith Hampton, Amy Clark Meachum announce for high Texas courts

"...decades of imprisonment, but with a declaration of their “actual innocence” and a substantial financial settlement from the state...."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

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

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

Rodney Reed Returns to Court of Criminal Appeals

Bastrop Judge recommends CCA deny latest appeal

"...with Reed's attorneys that that information points to Reed's actual innocence – but sought a recommendation from Shaver about..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...Travis County D.A. Margar­et Moore issued a declaration of "actual innocence."..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature

Point Austin: Truly Free

Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"

"...But Lehmberg declined to conclude that the Kellers were "actually innocent" – leaving the responsibility to her successor, D.A...."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Kellers Exonerated, Await Compensation

Tears of joy and thanks precede hope of financial safety

"...that inculpates the defendants” and that the Kellers “are actually innocent of the crime for which each was sentenced.”..."

June 20, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Kellers Exonerated!

D.A. Moore declares Kellers "actually innocent" of alleged crimes

"...The dismissals, citing "actual innocence," completely exonerate the Kellers of the crimes they..."

June 20, 2017 News Post by Michael King

“Yogurt Shop Murders” Appeal Rejected

Court offers no comment on Robert Springsteen's case

"...ruling that Springsteen could not meet the definition of "actual innocence," and further that his 2014 attempt to seek..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...a bold mission that ultimately brings them together as actual spouses. Other overt references to the Oscar-winning 1942 film..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

"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

Headlines

"...Travis County District Court's denial of a declaration of actual innocence. For more, see "Springsteen Seeks New Day in..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature

Notes on Kamp: The Only Way Is Abolition

The death penalty is too flawed to be saved

"...late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia baldly stated that "actual innocence" wasn't a reason on its own to keep..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Learning From Our Mistakes

Free, but not exonerated, Fran and Dan Keller are the victims of a continuing injustice

"...medical testimony. But the ruling was not accompanied by actual exoneration from the allegedly heinous crimes...."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

"...consider newly discovered evidence that supports his claims of innocence in the murder of Stacey Stites. At issue, among..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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