Criminal justice

Democrats flipped four major state appeals courts, toppling 19 incumbent Republican appellate judges.

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The Houston Chronicle reports that Judge Glenn Devlin asked juvenile defendants whether they planned to kill anyone, then let nearly all of them go the day after his defeat at the polls.

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A handful of private lawyers represent an enormous number of poor kids in Harris County's juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Meanwhile, the county's public defenders say they aren't getting enough work.

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It was the second time the appellate court has stopped an execution this month.

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The court will hold oral arguments on whether to name a past supplier of the execution drug in January.

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A campaign field director was delivering a letter to county officials about voter registration problems at Prairie View A&M.

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To close out This is Our Texas' month-long discussion about criminal justice, we did a Q&A with the Democratic chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

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Since 2017, 12 families a day on average have been evicted from their homes in Travis County. Many people had lost a job, experienced a medical emergency or had a roommate leave without notice.

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The state's highest criminal court will now weigh the recommendation.

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For the second time this year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution based on a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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School districts received a 16-minute video and instruction guide to teach the newly required curriculum for high schoolers on proper interaction with law enforcement during traffic stops.

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The attorney at the center of so much of the day’s news talked about what's happening now — and what he’ll do next.

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Acker was convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her.

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Clark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty opponents say his conviction rested too heavily on a co-defendant's testimony.

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The company is "resilient," its new head said Tuesday, and "we have no intention of stopping."

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Experts cautioned against saying the slight increase in crime was due to the decreased police-to-resident ratio.

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Guyger shot Jean after she said she mistakenly entered his apartment on Sept. 6.

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Wilson, an Austin resident, was wanted on a charge of sexual assaulting a teenage girl.

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A U.S. district judge said Dallas could not impose pre-set bail amounts on poor defendants without individual consideration.

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Police say Wilson left the country before he could be interviewed. His last known location is Taipei, Taiwan.

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