Five years after the killing of George Floyd, attempts to reform Harris County’s criminal justice system have resulted in a mixed bag of successes and delays.

Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the federal government allocates ...

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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against Texas police officer Roberto Felix ...

Last month, it became a requirement for district and county attorneys that represent an area with a population of more than ...

More than 20 years after the fatal stabbing of a University of Tennessee student in West Knoxville, an episode of ABC’s ...

He also appeared in the Houston-shot 'Reality Bites' and he played in three James Bond films, 'GoldenEye,' 'Tomorrow Never ...

Joe Don Baker, the actor who as the real-life Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall carried a big ...

In a term that was increasingly overshadowed by emergency requests related to President Trump’s swift executive actions, ...

This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row inmate ... to death for his conviction in the March 2004 killing of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson.

But as a death penalty scholar, I believe it's the latest reminder that, even in capital cases, the quest for justice has not ...

Jackson Walker LLP, a prestigious firm primarily in Texas, has hired former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht as a partner in its Austin office, the firm announced Friday.