AltWeeklies Wire
In Texas, a Former Warden Reconsiders Executionsnew
Jim Willett oversaw 89 executions. Now, amidst dozens of DNA exonerations, he wonders whether it was right.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
11-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Holy Land Family Fights Terrorist Labelnew
Despite a hung jury, the trials are far from over.
Dallas Observer |
Sarah Junek |
11-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Texas Concealed Gun Laws Loosennew
Have a gun? Feel free to travel.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
New Immigration Rules Could Empty the Kitchensnew
Tough rules leave restaurants looking for cooks with green cards.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
10-15-2007 |
Immigration
Teenage and Transgendered in Texasnew
As transgender girls and boys come out at younger ages, they're beginning to date and engage in relationships that further challenge the defined gender roles that most of us have grown up with, casting sexual identity as a broad spectrum with varying shades of gray.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
09-25-2007 |
Sex
Sloppy Record Keeping Causes Headaches in Criminal Appealsnew
A missing court reporter's stenographic notes and tape of testimony in a 1994 criminal trial shed light on the haphazard and antiquated way that Dallas County court records are handled and stored.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
09-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Getting Schooled on the Nasty Politics of Dirty Airnew
Clean air advocates in North Texas think they can win merely because they're on the side of the facts and the angels -- but they don't know how to fight the Austin way.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
09-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Weed Killersnew
DEA agents see Mexican cartels behind huge pot farms here.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Helping Deportees Lawyer Upnew
Most people arrested and imprisoned in the United States are assigned lawyers to help them navigate the legal process -- not so for immigrant detainees facing deportation.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
08-13-2007 |
Immigration
A Bust Goes Bustnew
A former Dallas Police officer says her partner had no right to search a car for drugs.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Did Dallas Convict So Many Innocents?new
With faulty eyewitnesses, sloppy police work and overzealous prosecutors.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Witness for the Prosecutionnew
Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Talk Isn't Cheapnew
Ex-Constable Mike Dupree learns the value of keeping one's mouth shut.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
God Told Larry Neal to Invent a Flying Motorcyclenew
And now he wants you to try it.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-09-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Fatal Webnew
The arrest of Dallas' "Black Widow" lights a fire under a cold murder case.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
06-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
