Ed Graf Trial Ends in Guilty Plea
by Dave Mann / Posted on | 2 CommentsThe jury has begun deliberating the fate of Ed Graf, a Waco man being re-tried on controversial arson charges. Graf has spent 25 years in prison.
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A Dallas Company Finds Profit in Video-Only Jail Visitations
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 54 CommentsSome Texas jails are eliminating face-to-face visitation and requiring instead the use of a video visitation system sold by Securus Technologies. Critics are calling it an outrageous profiteering scheme that could actually deteriorate security at jails.
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Huntsville Redemption
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | 1 CommentManuel Velez, sentenced to die in 2008 based on flawed science, stepped into the sun on Wednesday, free for the first time in years.
Read full post At Ed Graf Trial, Prosecutors Rely on Circumstantial Evidence
by Dave Mann / Posted on | No CommentsOn day two of Ed Graf’s re-trial in Waco, the prosecution began laying out its circumstantial evidence.
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To Catch a Rapist: Houston Leads on Testing Old Rape Kits
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | 5 CommentsFor years, Texas cops left nearly 20,000 rape kits untested while perpetrators went free. Now some agencies are confronting that injustice.
Read full post Re-Trial of Ed Graf’s Flawed Arson Case Begins in Waco
by Dave Mann / Posted on | 4 CommentsAfter 25 years in prison, Ed Graf is once again on trial for a crime he likely didn’t commit.
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Houston Police Dept. Plagued By Fresh Scandal, Old Denial
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | 2 CommentsHPD has plenty of problems–sexual harassment, forged tickets, neglected homicides–but the overarching one is denial.
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Bipartisan Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform Debuts
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 1 CommentNext session seems set to be pretty contentious, but a new bipartisan coalition is raising hopes for comity on an important issue—criminal justice reform.
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More Prisoners, More Problems: Mass Incarceration Climbs Again
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | 3 CommentsThe biggest, best, and newest studies agree that the U.S. needs to incarcerate fewer people. So why are the numbers climbing? Texas is one reason.
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Feds Planning Massive Family Detention Center in South Texas
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 19 CommentsIn response to the influx of Central Americans at the Texas-Mexico border, federal officials are planning a new for-profit family detention lockup for immigrant children and their parents in South Texas.
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