The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys ...

The film traces Sean Williams' decades-long evasion of justice and an "ensuing scandal over claims of corruption and systemic ...

ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them ...

From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown Houston. But the windows are fake, and the inmates ...

James Paul Grigson, Jr., nicknamed 'Dr. Death', was a controversial psychiatric expert who testified in 167 capital trials, ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

Of course, many true crime documentaries aren't for the faint of heart, as they uncover the psychology of criminals, the ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday morning. The order was issued one week before Roberson's execution was scheduled at the Texas State Penitentiary ...

People walk out of the poling center during mayor and one for an at-large council Election Day, on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Judy Gay Public Library in Mckinney . Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan Figueroa / ...

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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday took a major step toward righting an injustice — and, more critically, preventing the gravest one from occurring in the coming days — by halting the ...