A jury in March found Mark Alan Norwood guilty of the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, and he was sentenced to life in prison. This photo slideshow provides an overview of the timeline and characters in the tragic case.
April 2013
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Criminal Justice
After Decades, DNA Testing and a Conviction
The prosecutor who secured Mark Norwood’s murder conviction says that if Michael Morton had not fought from prison to prove his innocence in his wife’s murder, the DNA testing that led to Norwood’s conviction might not have been done.
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice
Slideshow: A Trial 26 Years Later
A jury in March found Mark Alan Norwood guilty of the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, and he was sentenced to life in prison. This photo slideshow provides an overview of the timeline and characters in the tragic case.
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Higher Education
Open Records Expert Calls Powell’s Request “Frivolous”
UPDATED: University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg told the Tribune late Saturday that the Legislature “deserves all the information we can get them as fast as we can.”
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Higher Education
At Newspaper Conference, Powers Deflects Talk of UT Conflict
UT-Austin President Bill Powers addressed the future — and turbulent present — of the University of Texas System at the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors convention on Saturday.
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Politics
Texas Weekly Newsreel: Medicaid Expansion, the Budget and CPRIT
This week in the Newsreel: Gov. Rick Perry says no again to Medicaid expansion, the Texas House starts debate on a new state budget and the Senate approves CPRIT reform legislation.
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State Government
The Playlist: We Can Work It Out
This week’s news-inspired playlist is entirely dedicated to Thursday’s budget debate in the Texas House. To set the stage, we begin with Stevie Wonder singing “We Can Work It Out.”
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State Government
Video: Grant Recipients Monitoring CPRIT Debate
A proposed overhaul of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has made it through the state Senate. It’s not clear whether the House is ready to do the same for the agency. Those who have seen the benefits of CPRIT firsthand are closely watching what happens.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Batheja on a House budget without vouchers or Medicaid expansion, Aguilar on obstacles to a new power plant in El Paso, Permenter on deer breeder regulations, E. Smith’s interview with San Antonio’s Castro twins, Galbraith on proposals for new underground water reservoirs, Root finds holes in a UT regent’s appointment files, M. Smith on a planned school rating system that defied recommendations, Murphy maps oil and gas disposal wells in Texas, Dehn on objections to a bigger Medicaid program and Hamilton on efforts to lure gun makers to Texas: The best of our best for the week of April 1-5, 2013.
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Higher Education
UT System Asks to Withhold Records From Lawmakers
UPDATED: In light of the University of Texas System’s request to withhold records from lawmakers, state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, issued a statement saying, “My only conclusion is that they have something to hide.”