SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Bronx native Max Burgundy goes as deep as a forensics team on last year's The Murder of Mark Fuhrman..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

The Fun Platform

Helen Knode's new murder mystery finds her leaving noir and stepping into the light

"...to write a crime novel where there are no forensics whatsoever. It's a killing in a tule fog [a..."

April 27, 2012 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

A Parliament of Experts

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

"...science. The report, commissioned by Con­gress, revealed that while forensics can provide valuable evidence and testimony – not only..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...www.traviscountytax.org. For more info, call 854-9473. – Lee Nichols Forensics Work Is Never Done..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature

Point Austin: Learning From Experience

The things they won't tell you in Texas schools

"...to inject some accurate, current science into Texas prosecutorial forensics – which bear no relation to the high-dollar magic..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Sanders Settlement Collapses

City Council rejects payment to family, will proceed to trial

"...someone in the crowd shouted, "No fingerprints!" (confirmed by forensics), bringing a quick warning from Mayor Lee Leffingwell. Shade..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast is Fleet of Foot!

Fleet service follies, city biz and cop talk

"...the Nathaniel Sanders II shooting, and issues with APD's forensics lab. As always, Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are..."

July 15, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...activities of the organized crime division, and the department's forensics operations. – J.S...."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature

Bradley Spars With Lawmakers

New head of Forensic Science Commission is all fired up

"...to investigate complaints related to the scientific integrity of forensics in the criminal justice system. Bradley was appointed chair..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Not About the Cameras

The Sanders shooting has not been justified

"...away, provoking the officer's shooting reaction, yet according to forensics, Sanders' grip was inadequate even to leave fingerprints on..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Column by Michael King

National Academies Report

"...Download the National Academies report on the sad state..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"...even performed it in a karaoke contest at a forensics tournament. So when I came down to Austin and..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Defense Cries Foul on Yogurt Shop DNA

Prosecutors' yogurt shop murder case appears to be in trouble

"...– Dallas-based Orchid Cellmark and Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Forensics – say the standard backlog for private labs is..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reading Myself to Sleep

What's currently cluttering Brenner's bedroom, bookwise.

"...At least, this is what the (bearded, vaguely sour-smelling) forensics detectives tell me, extrapolating backwards from what evidence is..."

May 13, 2008 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beside the Point

Jennifer and Brewster are so over panhandlers

"..."core service investments": $1.6 million for paramedics, firefighters, and forensics; $2.3 million for parks, social services, and libraries; $700,000..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Debatable (and an Update)

The Dems line up for the gay vote... Will they pontificate on principle or play politics as usual? We'll see tonight.

"...email us at [email protected] after.) Tonight's exercise in presidential forensics will be an interesting study in character. Will candidates..."

Aug. 9, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

City Council Notebook

A heavy agenda for Council this week.

"...June 21, 2007 Item 8: $75,000 more for computer forensics work regarding the city auditor's "provision of information …..."

June 19, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...don't quite make it into the APD budget. If Forensics needs a new microwave for the kitchen, they call..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Budget Breakdown

Public Safety's proposed '07 numbers

"...• $22.8 million for operations support (dispatchers, forensics, etc.)..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...request for identification, not to mention how such a forensics tool could be developed and implemented in printers in..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...system, which will be located in the department's new forensics center, will allow APD firearms examiners to enter images..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...their first field trip to APD's new East Austin forensics lab, where they met the APD staff that will..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...an opening ceremony for its new Robert Martinez, Sr. Forensics Science Center. The building, located on Springdale Road and..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...to the case tells the Chronicle that an outside forensics expert was called in, at the family's request, to..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"...the naming of the new Central East substation and forensics facility under construction on Springdale Road -- an honor..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

APD Officer Faces Homicide Charge in Owens Shooting

The grand jury takes an unusual step in indicting Scott Glasgow.

"...Obey, testified during the proceedings, as did an Oklahoma-based forensics expert -- brought in at the Owens' family's request..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TCB

If John Lennon had attended this weekend's ACL Fest blowout he might have screamed, "I've got blisters on my feet!"

"...Goudie said playing with Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers guitarist/missile designer/LAPD forensics expert Jeff "Skunk" Baxter was "like having a narc..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...for the Texas Republican background within which former high-school forensics dweeb and Goldwater teen Rove found a symbiotic home...."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...million contract for the Central East police substation and forensics lab. "If they simply reject all the bids and..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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