The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a 29-year-old inmate should be freed because jurors were misinformed about the effectiveness of a test that identified him as a pedophile at…
A suburban Houston police officer was charged with theft and suspended without pay for 30 days after being identified by a hidden camera as the claimed culprit in a series…
A mitigation specialist testified yesterday in an unusual court hearing that defense lawyers for a man convicted in a Texas capital murder case pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t…
Struck on the head when a heavy piece of camera equipment fell on him as he was attending a music festival with his girlfriend, a Texas lawyer went to the…
A judge trying a legal ethics case has ruled that the State Bar of Texas failed to prove attorney Kevin Glasheen charged excessively while obtaining millions of dollars in compensation…
After a probable cause finding concerning accusations that Williamson County Judge Ken Anderson concealed evidence from the defense while serving as a lead prosecutor in a murder trial 25 years…
After some women passengers complained that they were being singled out for body scans by Transportation Safety Administration agents at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a privacy filter was installed…
A Texas judge is recommending that a special court of inquiry consider allegations that a former prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence, contributing to a wrongful murder conviction.
A former state trooper who is now a Texas judge was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge on Monday evening in a hotel room in College Station.
Despite an absence of forensic evidence, Ronnie Tienda Jr. was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison in the slaying of a 23-year-old man in a 2007 Dallas freeway…
The attorney general of New York today filed suit in state court against three major banks and an electronic mortgage recording operation, contending that they circumvented legal requirements and cost…
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