Voyeur

"...son out of the house fail, and he finds evidence that his wife and his son have conspired against..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Defenseless

"...although it does have the requisite shady characters, missing evidence, hard-boiled detective, et al. -- is hardly as engaging..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Requiem for Dominic

"...the charges himself but when faced with the vile evidence of the eighty decomposing corpses, it becomes hard to..."

July 26, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tugging at True-Crime's Seams in SXSW Doc Zodiac Killer Project

Charlie Shackleton on genre conventions, and why he subverted them

"...The lone investigator, hunting for evidence. Images of falling files. Opening credits with mournful country..."

March 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Greg Abbott Threatens to Pardon Daniel Perry After Murder Conviction

Goaded by Tucker Carlson, the governor looks to step in

"...fair and impartial. They promised to carefully consider the evidence presented before them, eight days of it, much of..."

April 8, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Southgate-Lewis Survives Code Probe

City finds insufficient evidence Eastside house was operating as museum

"...out. Last week, Code confirmed it had found insufficient evidence of a museum on the site and closed the..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

APD’s Backed Up DNA Backlog

The department still holds evidence from 3,294 sexual assault cases

"...forensics unit he's overseen since late December still holds evidence requiring DNA testing from 3,294 sexual assault cases. That..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Double Death Penalty

Garcia, convicted of capital murder, contends that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence

"...to contend that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence, and that he did not receive adequate counseling during..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News Roundup: Rodney Reed, the Austin Marathon, and Council

Efforts to free Reed continue; Council talks housing

"...In this week's News Roundup: Can any amount of evidence halt Rodney Reed's execution? Will Don Zimmerman be able..."

Feb. 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Dilated Peoples

Los Angeles triumvirate lets fly a headlining victory

"...The Weird City headlining trio of Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience, and DJ Babu brought down the Empire..."

Sept. 28, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Sundance Original 'Rectify' Premieres Tonight

New series tackles crime and punishment in the South

"...death, and serves 19 years in prison before DNA evidence appears that may exonerate him from guilt. Sound familiar?..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Ken Anderson Should Face Court of Inquiry in Morton Case

Judge Sid Harle signs off on probable cause

"...into whether he deliberately concealed from Michael Morton exculpatory evidence that could have helped him avoid a murder conviction..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Attempt to Derail TCEQ Appointment Fails

Senate confirms Shaw

"...recommendation of TCEQ staff. Shapleigh said the incident was evidence that the agency has become a “lapdog of polluters.”..."

May 5, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

APD Among Texas Police Agencies With Poor Eyewitness ID Procedures

The Justice Project says Texas police agencies are way behind in implementing best practices that can decrease the incidence of mistaken identification.

"...to ensure that its lineup procedures provide the best evidence possible in any given case," according to a new..."

Nov. 19, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

FLDS Bride Says Attorney Should Shut Up

Daughter of polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs tells her attorney to "shut your mouth" and stop talking crap about her "spiritual" marriage

"...Angelo court of District Judge Barbara Walther says that evidence collected by Texas Child Protective Services proves that Teresa..."

July 21, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Wack-Ass Keroack, Part Three

"...the group's policy on birth control. "AWC also accepts evidence demonstrating that distribution of birth control, especially among adolescents,..."

Nov. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...III, secure two separate confessions from him, and find evidence in Hughes' nearby apartment that police said matched the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Father Ryan?

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

"...police had originally used Reyos' careful collection of documentary evidence to clear him as a suspect. But it took..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

CCA Considers Hank Skinner's Death-Case DNA Appeal

Should never-before evidence be tested for DNA?

"...Among the items of evidence that could be subject to testing for the first..."

May 2, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...she said – despite a lack of any physical evidence connecting them to it – she had concluded that..."

Dec. 16, 2011 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

"...social worker Donna David-Campbell. There was no definitive physical evidence...."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...in multiple ways – none of which matched physical evidence from the crime scene. Baird and Holt both say..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...at Michael's trial the court dismissed for lack of evidence a charge related to his having molested Austin.)..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...Indeed, defense lawyers argue that the new DNA evidence proves not only that the cops arrested the wrong..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters @ 3AM

On September 28, key rights guaranteed by our Constitution, plus the central tenet of the Magna Carta, were nullified by an act of Congress – specifically, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

"...948b.1.A). In addition, "the military judge can exclude any evidence ... by considerations of undue delay, waste of time"..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...strangled Stites -- although there was no other physical evidence connecting Reed to the brutal crime...."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Somebody's Got to Pay'

Revisiting the forensic evidence in the Stacey Stites murder trial

"...became inexorable, particularly when it came to the medical evidence. Reed's attorneys argued that the lovers' final meeting, on..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Somebody Has to Die

The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.

"...to come up again. There are questions about the evidence (or lack thereof) linking the suspects to the crime;..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...Ramsey Clark, put on many of the witnesses or evidence that he and his investigators spent years developing. "We..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...the Travis County District Attorney's Office relied on circumstantial evidence – like the presence of Perez's fingerprints and DNA..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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