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<span><a class="plain" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/">Tribpedia</a>:</span> <a class="plain" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/criminal-justice/">Criminal Justice</a> </h1> </header> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4" class="page">4</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/">TDCJ Official: Supreme Court's Ruling Won't Impact Texas Executions</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:30:53 -0500" title="2015-06-29 09:30"> June 29, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that upheld the use of an execution drug used in Oklahoma will not change how death row inmates in Texas are executed, according to a </span><span>Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/19/TexasFlag-Joint_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/19/TexasFlag-Joint_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Todd Wiseman </cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/">Prosecutors Take Pot Cases Into Their Own Hands</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-20 06:00"> June 20, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texas lawmakers may be reluctant to ease up on punishing small-time pot smokers, but local prosecutors across the state are increasingly looking for ways to keep two-bit toking cases from clogging court dockets and wasting resources.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/PrisonBars_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/PrisonBars_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Sean Hobson</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/">Preying on Texas Prisoners: When Guards Demand Sex</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:15:00 -0500" title="2015-06-17 06:15"> June 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p class="normal">Since 2000, the Texas prison system’s inspector general has referred nearly 400 cases of staff sex crimes against inmates to prosecutors. An analysis by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/https://www.themarshallproject.org/">The Marshall Project</a> found that prosecutors refused to pursue almost half of those cases. And of 126 prison workers convicted of sexual misconduct or assault, just nine were sentenced to serve time in state jail. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/84lege-leadart-law_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/84lege-leadart-law_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Emily Albracht</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/">Catch Up on Law & Order Issues From This Session</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a> and <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-17 06:00"> June 17, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>During the 84th legislative session, </span><span>lawmakers passed open carry and campus carry legislation and voted to make cannabis oil available to epilepsy patients. Find more details on these and other </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/" target="_blank">law and order issues</a><span> on the </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://txlege.texastribune.org/" target="_blank">Texas Legislative Guide</a><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/15/faces-death-row-new-tribune-data-tool/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/12/PrisonCell_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/12/PrisonCell_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Texas Department of Criminal Justice</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/15/faces-death-row-new-tribune-data-tool/">Faces of Death Row: A New Tribune Data Tool</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 15 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-15 06:00"> June 15, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/15/faces-death-row-new-tribune-data-tool/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>To add transparency to the state's capital punishment system, the Tribune is unveiling a new tool for readers: Faces of Death Row. It profiles all 261 inmates facing execution, summarizes their crimes and allows filtering by race, age, sex and years spent on death row.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/15/faces-death-row-new-tribune-data-tool/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/grand-jury-reform-bill-heads-abbotts-desk/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gavel_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gavel_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/grand-jury-reform-bill-heads-abbotts-desk/">Grand Jury Reform Bill Heads to Abbott's Desk</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 31 May 2015 17:18:13 -0500" title="2015-05-31 17:18"> May 31, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/grand-jury-reform-bill-heads-abbotts-desk/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Legislation that reforms the state's grand jury system now awaits Gov. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a><span>'s signature after the House on Sunday approved a compromise between the two chambers.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/grand-jury-reform-bill-heads-abbotts-desk/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/24/texas-moves-closer-to-overhauling-grand-jury-syste/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gavel003_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gavel003_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/24/texas-moves-closer-to-overhauling-grand-jury-syste/">Texas Moves Closer to Overhauling Grand Jury System</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 24 May 2015 17:21:14 -0500" title="2015-05-24 17:21"> May 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/24/texas-moves-closer-to-overhauling-grand-jury-syste/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas House on Sunday gave final approval to an overhaul of the state's grand juries, moving one step closer to getting rid of a controversial way of seating the panels. Senate Bill 125 would get rid of Texas' "pick-a-pal" process of selecting grand jurors.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/24/texas-moves-closer-to-overhauling-grand-jury-syste/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/john-legend-tt-interview/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/14/JohnLegend-002_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="John Legend"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/14/JohnLegend-002_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="John Legend" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Courtesy of John Legend</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">John Legend</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/john-legend-tt-interview/">John Legend Targets Texas Incarceration Rates</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-15 06:00"> April 15, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/john-legend-tt-interview/comments/"><span class="value">31</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Ahead of a trip to Texas to advocate for an end to mass incarceration, the Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer talked with the Tribune about why the state is so crucial to the criminal justice reform movement.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/john-legend-tt-interview/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-skeptical-body-cameras-police-now/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/16/RonReynold-2_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, during a House Environmental Regulations Committee on April 16, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/16/RonReynold-2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, during a House Environmental Regulations Committee on April 16, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, during a House Environmental Regulations Committee on April 16, 2013.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-skeptical-body-cameras-police-now/">Lawmakers Skeptical of Body Cameras for Police</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 18:55:52 -0500" title="2015-04-09 18:55"> April 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-skeptical-body-cameras-police-now/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ron-reynolds/">Ron Reynolds</a> made his case on Thursday for requiring cops in Texas to wear body cameras, citing the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man in South Carolina. But police advocates — and Reynolds' colleagues — remained skeptical. </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-skeptical-body-cameras-police-now/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-consider-body-cameras-police/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/08/SRPCopCamsjpg_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/08/SRPCopCamsjpg_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by American Civil Liberties Union of Washington</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-consider-body-cameras-police/">Texas Lawmakers to Consider Police Body Cameras</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 06:00"> April 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-consider-body-cameras-police/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>As a bystander's video of a South Carolina cop shooting and killing an unarmed black man reignites a national debate over police brutality, Texas lawmakers are set to discuss police body cameras in a public <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/schedules/html/C2452015040900001.htm">hearing</a>. “Imagine if that officer in South Carolina had on a body camera," said state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ron-reynolds/">Ron Reynolds</a>. "It’s highly doubtful that he would have behaved the way he did." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/09/lawmakers-consider-body-cameras-police/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/analysis-grand-jury-taste-commentary/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/_BDA0247CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="UT Regent Wallace Hall speaks at a Texas Tribune event on Sept. 4, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/04/_BDA0247CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="UT Regent Wallace Hall speaks at a Texas Tribune event on Sept. 4, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">UT Regent Wallace Hall speaks at a Texas Tribune event on Sept. 4, 2014.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/analysis-grand-jury-taste-commentary/">Analysis: A Grand Jury With a Taste for Commentary</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 06:00"> April 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/analysis-grand-jury-taste-commentary/comments/"><span class="value">23</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A grand jury in Travis County did a peculiar thing this week. It decided Wallace Hall had not broken the law, and then recommended removing him from the University of Texas System Board of Regents. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/analysis-grand-jury-taste-commentary/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/san-antonio-four-case-set-enter-its-final-act/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-SanAntonioFour041_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Anna Vasquez was released from prison in November 2012, after 12 years in prison. She and three other women are attempting to get exonerated after one of the alleged victims recanted in 2012."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-SanAntonioFour041_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Anna Vasquez was released from prison in November 2012, after 12 years in prison. She and three other women are attempting to get exonerated after one of the alleged victims recanted in 2012." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Tamir Kalifa </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Anna Vasquez was released from prison in November 2012, after 12 years in prison. She and three other women are attempting to get exonerated after one of the alleged victims recanted in 2012.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/san-antonio-four-case-set-enter-its-final-act/">Case of "San Antonio Four" Set to Enter its Final Act</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:21:40 -0500" title="2015-03-19 13:21"> March 19, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Four San Antonio women were convicted of molesting two girls in the 1990s, but one of the girls has since said they were coerced to make false accusations. The women's case is getting a new look, and an April 22 hearing will be key in determining what happens.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/san-antonio-four-case-set-enter-its-final-act/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/04/texas-among-states-facing-raise-age-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/26/juvenile_detention_JW035_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/26/juvenile_detention_JW035_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/04/texas-among-states-facing-raise-age-debate/">Texas Among States Facing "Raise the Age" Debate</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 4 Mar 2015 14:24:39 -0600" title="2015-03-04 14:24"> March 4, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/04/texas-among-states-facing-raise-age-debate/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Texas is one of nine states that automatically classify 17-year-olds as adults when they're accused of crimes. Campaigns to “raise the age” are gathering momentum in some states, and Texas is facing a spirited debate of its own.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/04/texas-among-states-facing-raise-age-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/uttt-poll-voters-less-open-open-carry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/23/UT-TT-Polls-02242015.002_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/23/UT-TT-Polls-02242015.002_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/uttt-poll-voters-less-open-open-carry/">UT/TT Poll: Voters Less Open to Open Carry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-02-24 06:00"> Feb. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/uttt-poll-voters-less-open-open-carry/comments/"><span class="value">48</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Most Texans support carrying guns in public, but only a minority supports carrying them openly, whether the carriers are licensed or not, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. And voters are split when it comes to allowing people to carry guns on the state's public college campuses. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/uttt-poll-voters-less-open-open-carry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/09/bill-expand-dna-testing-wrongful-convictions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/19/0419Anderson420CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Senators John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, congratulate Michael Morton, right, at a court hearing in Georgetown on April 19, 2013. That day, a judge issued an arrest warrant for former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson, after finding probable cause to believe Anderson withheld critical evidence in Michael Morton's 1987 murder trial."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/19/0419Anderson420CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Senators John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, congratulate Michael Morton, right, at a court hearing in Georgetown on April 19, 2013. That day, a judge issued an arrest warrant for former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson, after finding probable cause to believe Anderson withheld critical evidence in Michael Morton's 1987 murder trial." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Senators John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, congratulate Michael Morton, right, at a court hearing in Georgetown on April 19, 2013. That day, a judge issued an arrest warrant for former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson, after finding probable cause to believe Anderson withheld critical evidence in Michael Morton's 1987 murder trial.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/09/bill-expand-dna-testing-wrongful-convictions/">Bill Would Expand DNA Testing for Criminal Cases</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 9 Feb 2015 11:04:39 -0600" title="2015-02-09 11:04"> Feb. 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/09/bill-expand-dna-testing-wrongful-convictions/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Michael Morton spent nearly 25 years in prison for murdering his wife before DNA evidence exonerated him and identified the real killer. But under current testing requirements, Morton may not have had access to the evidence that set him free. A new bill by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, would expand access to DNA testing in criminal cases.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/09/bill-expand-dna-testing-wrongful-convictions/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/american-sniper-trial-tests-limits-sympathy-vets/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/06/Chris_Kyle_at_Camp_Pendleton_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle signs a copy of his book “American Sniper” for a Camp Pendleton sailor in 2012."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/06/Chris_Kyle_at_Camp_Pendleton_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle signs a copy of his book “American Sniper” for a Camp Pendleton sailor in 2012." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Cpl. Damien Gutierrez</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle signs a copy of his book “American Sniper” for a Camp Pendleton sailor in 2012.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/american-sniper-trial-tests-limits-sympathy-vets/">"American Sniper" Trial Tests Limits of Sympathy for Vets</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Feb 2015 15:02:27 -0600" title="2015-02-06 15:02"> Feb. 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/american-sniper-trial-tests-limits-sympathy-vets/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>This week, jury selection began in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh for the murder of Chris Kyle, whose career as a soldier in Iraq (and “the most lethal sniper in U.S. history”) is dramatized in the film “American Sniper.” <span>The trial will test the limits of American sympathy for the struggles of veterans when those struggles lead to criminal behavior.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/american-sniper-trial-tests-limits-sympathy-vets/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/04/bill-seeks-inform-immigrants-legal-consequences/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Scotus_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Scotus_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Katie Harbath</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/04/bill-seeks-inform-immigrants-legal-consequences/">Bills Require Warnings for Immigrants About Pleas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 4 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-02-04 06:00"> Feb. 4, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/04/bill-seeks-inform-immigrants-legal-consequences/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Texas is one of 22 states that don’t require magistrate judges to tell immigrants how their pleas on misdemeanor charges might affect their immigration status, including risking deportation in some cases. Legislation that would change that failed two years ago, but the sponsors are back for another try.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/04/bill-seeks-inform-immigrants-legal-consequences/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/The_Best_Is_Yet_To_Come_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/The_Best_Is_Yet_To_Come_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by John Jordan</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/">The Playlist: The Best is Yet to Come</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/john-jordan/">John Jordan</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 3 Jan 2015 09:26:55 -0600" title="2015-01-03 09:26"> Jan. 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week's playlist of the news, we’re using our reporters' own predictions for </span><span>2015. Kicking things off: “The Best Is Yet To Come,” by Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, </span><span>Frank Sinatra</span><span>, backed up by the </span><span>Count Basie Orchestra</span><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/criminal-justice"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/_0002_perrylegacy-share_justice_1.png_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/_0002_perrylegacy-share_justice_1.png_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/criminal-justice">Ushering in Reform by Stepping Aside</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-01-02 06:00"> Jan. 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry </a><span>will leave behind a criminal justice system in healthier shape than when he stepped in as governor. Terri Langford writes that </span><span>how instrumental Perry was in improving it remains an open question.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://apps.texastribune.org/perry-legacy/criminal-justice"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/slow-death-death-penalty/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/17/DeathPenalty-Justice_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/17/DeathPenalty-Justice_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/slow-death-death-penalty/">The Slow Death of the Death Penalty</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:14:24 -0600" title="2014-12-19 15:14"> Dec. 19, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Since capital punishment was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, the cost of carrying out a death penalty trial has risen steadily. </span><span>In states such as Texas, where county governments pay for both the prosecution and defense of capital defendants (nearly all of whom are indigent) when they go to trial, the pressure on local budgets is especially strong. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/slow-death-death-penalty/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/14/prison-officials-seek-ways-recruit-retain-guards/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TT-Shale-leadart-prisons_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/04/TT-Shale-leadart-prisons_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jenn Whitney</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/14/prison-officials-seek-ways-recruit-retain-guards/">Prison Officials Seek Ways to Recruit, Retain Officers</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Brandi Grissom </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-11-14 06:00"> Nov. 14, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/14/prison-officials-seek-ways-recruit-retain-guards/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Growing turnover among corrections officers is nothing new in Texas — turnover has been on the rise statewide since 2006. But with the energy boom creating an explosion of high-wage job growth, finding and keeping prison employees has become even more difficult. This story is part of our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://apps.texastribune.org/shale-life/" target="_blank">Shale Life</a> project.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/14/prison-officials-seek-ways-recruit-retain-guards/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/05/2014-tribunefest-audio-justice-track/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/04/JusticeCollage_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/04/JusticeCollage_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/05/2014-tribunefest-audio-justice-track/">2014 TribuneFest: Audio From the Justice Track</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ayan-mittra/">Ayan Mittra</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0500" title="2014-10-05 12:00"> Oct. 5, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/05/2014-tribunefest-audio-justice-track/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/20/liveblog-justice-track-tribune-festival/" target="_blank">justice track</a><span> at </span><span>the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on criminal justice reform, the Texas Supreme Court, same-sex marriage and the death penalty. Here's audio of each session.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/05/2014-tribunefest-audio-justice-track/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/willie-wayne-trottie-scheduled-be-executed/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/09/Willie_Trottie_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas death row inmate Willie Trottie, scheduled for execution Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/09/Willie_Trottie_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas death row inmate Willie Trottie, scheduled for execution Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Texas Department of Criminal Justice</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas death row inmate Willie Trottie, scheduled for execution Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2014.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/willie-wayne-trottie-scheduled-be-executed/">Death Row Inmate Trottie Executed for 1993 Murders</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and Bobby Blanchard </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:36:22 -0500" title="2014-09-10 19:36"> Sept. 10, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/willie-wayne-trottie-scheduled-be-executed/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><strong>UPDATED:</strong> Texas death row inmate Willie Tyrone Trottie was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening in Huntsville for the 1993 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her brother.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/10/willie-wayne-trottie-scheduled-be-executed/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/gop-hopes-make-inroads-border-after-corruption-sca/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/03/Hidalgo-Race_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Al Perez, left, will face interim sheriff Eddie Guerra, right, this November."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/03/Hidalgo-Race_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Al Perez, left, will face interim sheriff Eddie Guerra, right, this November." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Al Perez, left, will face interim sheriff Eddie Guerra, right, this November.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/gop-hopes-make-inroads-border-after-corruption-sca/">Corruption Case Casts Shadow Over Hidalgo County Race</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 4 Sep 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-09-04 06:00"> Sept. 4, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/gop-hopes-make-inroads-border-after-corruption-sca/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Former Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, a Democrat, was sentenced to prison in July for taking money from a drug trafficker. But analysts say it's unlikely that the case will lead to a Republican taking the reins as sheriff after the next election.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/04/gop-hopes-make-inroads-border-after-corruption-sca/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/07/woman-settles-cavity-search-lawsuit-11-million/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/15/Immigration_ART_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="El Paso border agent."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/15/Immigration_ART_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="El Paso border agent." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Justin Dehn</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">El Paso border agent.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/07/woman-settles-cavity-search-lawsuit-11-million/">Woman Settles Cavity Search Lawsuit for $1.1 Million</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:05:40 -0500" title="2014-07-07 16:05"> July 7, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/07/woman-settles-cavity-search-lawsuit-11-million/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>A woman who sued a border-area hospital and agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection after being subjected to what she argued was an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/18/aclu-alleges-feds-performed-invasive-search-citize/">unwarranted body cavity</a> search for drugs has settled part of the lawsuit for $1.1 million.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/07/woman-settles-cavity-search-lawsuit-11-million/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" 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Perry and DPS Director Steve McCraw, speak to media following a tour to a federal facility housing unaccompanied alien children in Weslaco, Texas June 23rd, 2014. The state is providing $1.3 million per week to commence surge operations to help combat crime along the border."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/23/7C2A9812_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Perry and DPS Director Steve McCraw, speak to media following a tour to a federal facility housing unaccompanied alien children in Weslaco, Texas June 23rd, 2014. The state is providing $1.3 million per week to commence surge operations to help combat crime along the border." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Perry and DPS Director Steve McCraw, speak to media following a tour to a federal facility housing unaccompanied alien children in Weslaco, Texas June 23rd, 2014. The state is providing $1.3 million per week to commence surge operations to help combat crime along the border.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/03/tk/">Perry: Send Migrant Kids Home Without Delay</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:00:23 -0500" title="2014-07-03 14:00"> July 3, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/03/tk/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> on Thursday doubled down on his stance that tens of thousands of children crossing into Texas illegally from Central America should be sent back to their countries without delay. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/03/tk/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/01/border-patrol-union-ruling-could-harm-agents/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111209_borderpatrol001_bd_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111209_borderpatrol001_bd_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Credit: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/01/border-patrol-union-ruling-could-harm-agents/">Border Patrol Union: Ruling Could Harm Agents</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 1 Jul 2014 13:21:38 -0500" title="2014-07-01 13:21"> July 1, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/01/border-patrol-union-ruling-could-harm-agents/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The U.S. Border Patrol’s union says that an appellate court ruling allowing a foreign national’s family to sue Border Patrol agents could seriously endanger officers, who in the future might hesitate to use deadly force when necessary.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/01/border-patrol-union-ruling-could-harm-agents/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_27"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/09/ice-asks-shelters-take-undocumented-immigrants/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/09/IMG_20140609_134455D_JPG_312x176_crop_q100.JPG" alt="Taylor Levy, Robert Garcia and Patrick Timmons speak to the press at a news conference about the transfer of undocumented immigrants to El Paso."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706040025/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/09/IMG_20140609_134455D_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Taylor Levy, Robert Garcia and Patrick Timmons speak to the press at a news conference about the transfer of undocumented immigrants to El Paso." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Julián Aguilar</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Taylor Levy, Robert Garcia and Patrick Timmons speak to the press at a news conference about the transfer of undocumented immigrants to El Paso.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/09/ice-asks-shelters-take-undocumented-immigrants/">Feds Ask Local Shelters to House Undocumented Immigrants</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Julián Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 9 Jun 2014 16:46:29 -0500" title="2014-06-09 16:46"> June 9, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706040025/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/09/ice-asks-shelters-take-undocumented-immigrants/comments/"><span 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