Creationism Alive and Kicking in Glen Rose

Monkeys, schmonkeys – a museum in Glen Rose argues against Darwinism

"...at all, but they're kept on hand as kitschy evidence of our evolved understanding of the prehistoric past...."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Greg Beets

Pierce Freed After Three Years: "Godspeed"

The DA drops charges against Maurice Pierce for the yogurt shop murders.

"...capital murder charges against Pierce for a lack of evidence. (His trial had been scheduled to begin April 20.)..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop Case Cross-Examined

Appeals court decision may undermine yogurt shop prosecutions.

"...against him. The appeals court agreed, saying while the evidence against Mendez was "legally sufficient" for a guilty verdict,..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Now Serving ... Time

Robert Conran sat down to dinner at Furr's, and walked out in handcuffs. After four years in prison on a shaky conviction, he's got a chance of parole -- then he faces deportation

"...Unfortunately, where DNA evidence has been crucial in recent years in exonerating defendants..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sun Ra & His Arkestra

"...& His ArkestraGreatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (Evidence)Sun RaThe Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Crystal..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Picking Up the Pieces

Karr Conviction Closes Another Chapter in O'Hair Case

"...Bureau of Investigation, who amassed an avalanche of circumstantial evidence that will likely send the 52-year-old Karr to prison..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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

"...Instead, the brief appearance centered on a trove of evidence in the case that has, seemingly, been lost by..."

Sept. 6, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Exquisite Torments of Ken Paxton

Why is everybody so mean to the Texas Attorney General?

"...with no real intention of seriously considering either the evidence or the arguments...."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...(This is referring to the need to gather further evidence to sustain cases, or to the need to later..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Ugly End to Jason Dusterhoft's Police Career Was Only the Beginning for APD

Three chiefs gone in Austin

"...other problems.) He described how he'd presented Manley with evidence that two officers had lied on their timesheets –..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: DNA Testing Denied for Rodney Reed

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

"...CCA stayed his 2015 execution due to newly discovered evidence found by Reed's team...."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lawyers Disagree on DNA Test Results in Skinner Case

Questions still linger about brutal crime

"...the state of Texas actually safeguarded and properly preserved evidence collected as part of its investigation into the 1993..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch

Two death row cases go before courts

"...allowed to test for DNA several pieces of physical evidence that to date have not been scientifically vetted...."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Madness and Forensics

Two capital cases raise psychological and evidentiary issues

"...On appeal, Yowell's lawyers argued that there was insufficient evidence presented for a jury to disregard Yowell's claim that..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Court Weighs New Trial For Pitonyak

Gruesome slaying in West Campus revisited by federal jurists

"...have turned over to defense lawyers for Colton Pitonyak evidence that another person claimed responsibility for the gruesome murder..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...case for mental retardation," she says. "I think the evidence is, essentially, undisputed." (Although the term "mentally retarded" is..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Playing Games with Pain

Laubenberg bill would ban abortion after ‘fetal pain’

"...issue, the life issue," Laubenberg told the committee. "Scientific evidence suggests pre-born children are able to feel pain," necessitating..."

April 15, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

State on Track To Execute Its 15th in 2012

Preston Hughes' appeals have repeatedly been denied

"...complex, where they found Hughes. Police say they found evidence in his apartment that matched the crime, including a..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The View From Death Row

Next week's scheduled execution, plus the latest on the Rodney Reed case

"...violated because he was denied an opportunity to present evidence that would prove he's not sane enough to be..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Panel To Hear More on Yogurt Shop Murders

Former investigator takes issues with PSC member's comments

"...the grisly 1991 murders, makes it clear that the evidence collected by police was not weak. "The evidence that..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime

Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor leapt to judgment on Morton

"...Central Texas a more dangerous place by deliberately hiding evidence from Morton's defense. The evidence could have demonstrated 25..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Judge To Review Willingham Case

Baird sets hearing for Oct. 6-7

"...will hold a two-day hearing in October to consider evidence on whether Cameron Todd Willing­ham was actually innocent of..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Long Vindication

After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

"...name presents Barrs with no easy task. Without DNA evidence and with the death in 1993 of Jackson, the..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop Defendants Ask for Bond

Judge Lynch seems to have changed his tune about whether mounting evidence might be enough to allow Springsteen and Scott out of jail on bond

"...dismissing their case against him for a "lack of evidence"); and Forrest Welborn (who the state said acted as..."

Jan. 12, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop Murders: New DNA Test Results Reported to Defense

Attorneys for defendants Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott get results from latest round of DNA testing

"...dismissed the charges in 2003, saying they lacked enough evidence to convict him. The case against Welborn, who prosecutors..."

Dec. 31, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop DNA

After months of testing, the state knows a lot about who doesn't match the new DNA evidence

"...charges against Pierce in 2003, citing a lack of evidence. The dismissal of Pierce was particularly telling because although..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Prosecutor Times Four

The four D.A. candidates have their critics

"...comments [I made] did not involve any of the evidence presented to the grand jury, or any of the..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supremes Hear Texas Death Penalty Cases

Supreme Court grapples once again with whether Texas death penalty scheme – and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' interpretation of its role in deciding death penalty cases – meets constitutional requirements

"...were insufficient to allow jurors to consider certain mitigating evidence, so Smith's trial judge tried to fix the problem..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Naked City

Tom Price joins calls for halt to Harris Co. executions

"...on executions of Harris Co. defendants convicted based on evidence processed by the Houston Police crime lab, until questions..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scott Appeals Conviction in Yogurt Shop Case

A recent Supreme Court decision may undercut both verdicts

"...the trial court decision allowing prosecutors to introduce into evidence portions of a "confession" made by nontestifying co-defendant Robert..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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