Navarro County prosecutor R. Lowell Thompson’s request that Judge Charlie Baird recuse himself from the Cameron Todd Willingham court of inquiry hearing wasn’t decided today.
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DNA Crime Lab Gets Clean Bill Of Health
A former Austin Police Department employee’s allegations of misconduct at the city’s DNA Crime Lab prompted an outside audit of the lab. As Mose Buchele of KUT News reports, the results of that audit have been released.
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The Prosecution Objects
Fifteen years ago Judge Charlie Baird was one of the justices on the state’s highest criminal court who reaffirmed Cameron Todd Willingham’s death sentence. On Wednesday, Baird is scheduled to begin a process that could determine whether that conviction and Willingham’s execution were wrong. And the prosecution objects.
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2010: The Wages of Sin
If the state needs money to balance its budget, it should look first to sin taxes on gambling, alcohol and marijuana.
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Audio: TT Interview with Justice Eva Guzman
The Supreme Court Justice on being the first Latina on the court, whether judges should be elected, whether the all-Republican high court is too one-sided and whether Texas has seen enough tort reform.
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Eva Guzman: The TT Interview
The Supreme Court justice on being the first Latina on the court, whether the all-Republican high court is too one-sided and whether Texas has seen enough tort reform.
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Crime, Guns and Money
When the state’s concealed handgun statute was approved 15 years ago, lawmakers argued it would help citizens defend themselves — but residents of low-income, largely Democratic nieghborhoods aren’t applying for gun permits as often as those in wealthier, more-conservative areas, according to a Texas Tribune/San Antonio Express-News analysis.
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An Obama Gun Rush?
In the two years since Barack Obama was elected president, many Texas gun owners — afraid of losing their Second Amendment rights — have stocked up on weapons and ammo. Texans have also sought a record number of concealed handgun licenses. Coincidence?
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A Place to Shoot
In a pattern that’s playing out in San Antonio and other major metro areas in Texas, residents in low-income neighborhoods aren’t taking advantage of the state’s concealed-carry law as often as residents living in wealthier, more conservative areas.
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T-Squared: A Partnership With the Express-News
Coming this Sunday: the latest collaboration between the Trib and one of the state’s venerable newspapers.