The Unnecessary Death of Vilhelm Hesness

Bicycle groups question official response to driver recklessness

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

New Twist in Anthony Graves Saga

Former death row inmate freed on federal bond then rearrested because he didn't have the dough necessary for freedom on state bond set last month

"...On Jan. 5, former death row inmate Anthony Graves was taken from Burleson Co...."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

New Evidence Could Clear Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed

Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiancée

"...Court of Criminal Appeals on July 16, attorneys for death row inmate Rodney Reed are arguing that new evidence..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

State on Track To Execute Its 15th in 2012

Preston Hughes' appeals have repeatedly been denied

"...and the 492nd inmate executed since reinstatement of the death penalty. Hughes was sentenced to death for the 1988..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hyde Park Theatre's Death Tax

This production of Lucas Hnath's play questions who really pays when the Reaper comes calling – and before

"...Lucas Hnath's play Death Tax begins with a nurse just doing her job..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...Less than 24 hours after his death, Johle heard a disturbing rumor that, in the weeks..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Not Their First Rodeo

Freeman will be the second Texan executed this year

"...that demonstrated anger issues, and Free­man was sentenced to death...."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Weed Watch: Meddling Federal Lawmakers Share Blame in Senseless Medi-Pot Death

Barr and co. prevented D.C. voters from enacting law

"...federal lawmakers share equal responsibility for 27-year-old Jonathan Magbie's death. Indeed, if Congress hadn't meddled with the will of..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: DNA Testing Denied for Rodney Reed

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

"...Reed has been on death row since receiving a death sentence in 1998 for..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rocha's Death Involved Taser Confusion

Officer feared Taser would be used on her, partner

"...in his front pocket at the time of his death; and an APD detective told the ME's office that..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...State student Justin Gage. Gage had been shot to death on Dec. 6, 2015, at the age of 20,..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Breaking the Chain

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

"...appeal of 34-year-old Rodney Reed, convicted and sentenced to death in 1998 for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...A new website cataloging 6,913 deaths occurring in Texas state custody between 2005 and 2015..."

July 29, 2016 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Medical Examiner's Office are conducting (routine) investigations into Larkins' death. He's the second inmate this year to die at..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Sandra Bland Remembrance Today

Evening event includes march from Victory Grill to Capitol

"...to continue organizing on the second anniversary of Bland’s death in a Waller County jail. The event will start..."

July 13, 2017 News Post by Maria Mendez

Off the Hook

Travis Co. grand jury declines to indict seven Austin Police officers involved in September altercation that ended with in-custody death of Michael Clark

"...involved in a September altercation that ended with the in-custody death of 33-year-old Michael Clark. According to the Travis..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Texas Supreme Court denies Austin DA's request that it overturn the decision that allowed LaCresha Murray to go home last April, but the DA's office says it make take the case to a third trial.

"...Murray was twice tried and convicted in the 1996 death of two-year-old Jayla Belton. A key part of the..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...In-Custody Death Under Scrutiny: An Austin-American Statesman and KVUE investigation..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature

News Roundup: Questions and Answers

Sandra Bland cause of death still unclear

"...gains momentum, troubling details emerge in the Waller County death in custody, Gov. Abbott decides guns are the solution..."

July 20, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

'Heart of a Servant': Jaime Padron

Thousands mourn slain officer

"...Padron. He has been charged with capital murder, a death-eligible offense, and remains in custody...."

April 11, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Units will investigate each case, standard procedure for all in-custody deaths. – Jordan Smith..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Tased and Confused

When the APD falls in love with Tasers, it's the Eastside that gets shocked

"...right: This year we can credit at least one death in an Austin police incident to lack of a..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Rodney Reed Hearing Set for October

Death row case may hinge on deposition of former sheriff's deputy

"...in 1998, and has spent the time since on death row. (He's already narrowly avoided execution more than once.)..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Rodney Reed Hearing Set for October

Exculpatory evidence at issue in four-day hearing

"...the Bastrop man living for nearly two decades on death row for the murder of Stacey Stites, will get..."

July 9, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Shades of Gray

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

"...understaffing, poor pay, and poor training, of which Nagle's death is only the most recent flashpoint. Ask instead why..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...in Texas' criminal justice system than the July 2015 in-custody death of Sandra Bland in Prairie View. Bland, whose..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Michael Clark Autopsy Update

Taser effects expert and former San Diego Co., Calif., EMS medical director concludes Clark was killed as a result of intravascular sickling caused by overexertion tied to drug use – a conclusion that closely mirrors that of Travis Co. Deputy Medical Examiner Elizabeth Peacock.

"...repeated Taser strikes contributed, in any way, to Clark's death...."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News Roundup: Never Give Up

Fight against marriage equality continues; F&F looks for a new venture

"...• Yvette Smith, who was shot to death last year by a Bastrop County Sheriff’s deputy, is..."

March 2, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Deadly Day for APD

Two shootings within 12 hours; one officer is dead

"...charged with capital murder of a police officer, a death-eligible offense...."

April 6, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

In Texas Courtrooms, a Fair Legal Defense is Often an Empty Promise

"...court to a ruling that indigent defendant Calvin Burdine's death penalty conviction should not be overturned simply because Burdine's..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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