Criminal justice experts said TDCJ’s need for immigrant labor, even in Texas, speaks to the agency's long-standing staffing ...

Texas lawmakers probing the validity of evidence used to convict Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson heard testimony Monday from witnesses including TV personality Philip "Dr. Phil" McGraw and ...

While Harris County prosecutors already are using a new legislative tool to deny defendants' bail, some experts say it could ...

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Voters will choose a new presiding judge for Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals after the current officeholder, Republican Sharon Keller, lost her party’s primary on March 5. The court, which has nine ...

When John Whitmire was handed the reins of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, county jails across Texas were buckling under a backlog of inmates, all awaiting transfer to state prisons that had no ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice keeps an online log of everyone the state has executed since the 1980s. Each person has multiple numbers associated with them: their age, their prison ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice will chair a task force to “guide the safe, ethical, and effective use of [artificial intelligence] in the criminal justice system,” ...

A Texas criminal serving a 20-year sentence for crimes like burglary and robbery was captured three miles from a prison in Angleton after escaping last night. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. A California psychology professor says new research on memory suggests witness testimony casts doubt on the guilt of a Texas man on death row — long ...

Convicted Dallas murderer Cecil Smith remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous. Officials are asking for tips.

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