AltWeeklies Wire
Your Word Is Your Bondnew
Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused. Commercial bondsmen say it will never work.
Austin Chronicle |
JORDAN SMITH |
10-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: bonds
Death Row Inmate Hoping for Supreme Interventionnew
The Court of Criminal Appeals last week denied a stay of execution for Robert Wayne Harris, convicted in 2000 of killing two people during a shooting spree at the Mi-T-Fine Car Wash in Irving. Unless the federal courts intervene, on Sept. 20 he'll be the eighth man executed in Texas this year.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
09-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Death Penalty, Death Row
APD's Sleep Disordernew
Detective Amy Lynch was a highly praised veteran officer – until she told her bosses she'd been diagnosed with narcolepsy.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
08-24-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: police, narcolepsy
The Science of Injusticenew
Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
08-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Larry Swearingen, Melissa Trotter
A Parliament of Expertsnew
Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
02-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Rosa Jimenez, Victoria Gutierrez
