The latest criminal justice news from The Texas Tribune.
Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawyers and the prosecutors handling the securities fraud case will debate Wednesday whether his trial should be delayed — for a third time — until the prosecutors can get paid. Full Story
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Harris County fought for its bail system in front of a panel of three federal appellate judges Tuesday morning. The County is asking the court to overturn a lower judge's ruling that called its pretrial processes unconstitutional. Full Story
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Texas counties are watching to see how Harris County's fight against court-ordered bail practices will affect them. Full Story
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A new state law prohibits anyone under 16 from getting married and requires people under 18 to get a judge's consent before marrying. Full Story
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Violent crimes — including murder — jumped up again last year in Texas and across the nation, according to new FBI data. It's the second year violent crime has increased from record low levels in 2014. Full Story
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Weeks after Hurricane Harvey battered Houston, Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief Emily Ramshaw interviews Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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Slate's Jamelle Bouie leads a panel discussion with organizer DeRay Mckesson, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards, The Indivisible Project's Ezra Levin and Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran live at the Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
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At the kickoff to the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival, Chris Hayes of MSNBC and Jamelle Bouie of Slate participated in a Community Forum on Race and Justice moderated by Tribune CEO Evan Smith. Full Story
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Highlights from more than 60 panel discussions on education, climate change, President Donald Trump, the role of media in 2017 and much more. Full Story
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The stage is set for a Friday court battle in New Orleans between the state's attorneys and local governments over Texas' immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4. Full Story
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High schoolers, new drivers and police will all need to receive training on police interactions under a new law — but not until next fall. Full Story
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A federal judge's order that some prison inmates relocated amid Hurricane Harvey's flooding be moved into air-conditioned units is prompting a big prisoner shakeup. Full Story
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State Rep. Dawnna Dukes failed to turn over a cell phone to investigators and spent more than $51,000 on an online psychic, the Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday. Full Story
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This year, Texas legislators continued efforts to prevent wrongful convictions by passing a law focused on fixing unreliable jailhouse informants, unfair police station lineups and coerced confessions. Full Story
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A new Texas law gives financial institutions greater authority to stop transactions that they suspect are aimed at defrauding elderly or disabled clients. Full Story
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Driver's license applications will soon ask Texans whether they'd like to donate $1 or more for sexual assault kit testing. It's the state's latest effort to reduce a backlog that has swelled for years. Full Story
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As Hurricane Harvey approached Texas, state prison officials moved thousands of inmates to higher ground. But now that the storm has passed, about 600 of the evacuees gained protection from hot conditions in their cells thanks to an ongoing federal lawsuit. Full Story
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Former Texas Department of Safety Trooper Brian Encinia says he feared for his personal safety after pulling over Sandra Bland in Waller County on July 21, 2015. Full Story
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Travis County prosecutors are setting aside felony charges against state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, at least temporarily, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday. Full Story
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Texans who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program learned this week that the popular program will be phased out. And they have a second worry: the fate of the state's new immigration enforcement law. Full Story
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