-
Citizens can file lawsuits to remove so-called “rogue” prosecutors under a new state law. The latest case could be the first to head to court.
-
Incumbent DAs had mixed results in Travis and Harris counties, while Democratic challengers in El Paso are headed to a runoff.
-
The Democratic primary race between Garza and Sylestine got messy ahead of Election Day.
-
Incumbent José Garza will have to fend off Jeremy Sylestine if he wants another shot at office. The March 5 primary election will decide who will face Republican Daniel W. Betts in November.
-
Several social justice leaders told KUT his return is a step backward and undermines the work many in the community have been doing to reform the criminal justice system, especially around sexual assault cases.
-
Jurors couldn't reach a verdict last month in the shooting death of Mike Ramos. It's unclear whether the DA will pursue the Ramos case again or another murder charge stemming from an on-duty shooting in 2019.
-
Perry made the comments before and after killing 28-year-old Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in 2020. Last week, Perry was convicted of murder.
-
People can have their arrest records expunged, or erased, if they were never convicted of the crime.
-
The jurors were considering whether to charge an off-duty and an on-duty police officer with a crime for their role in the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old in January 2021 after an alleged road rage incident.
-
The pilot program was part of a study to examine the benefit of providing legal counsel to people immediately after their arrest. But staffing shortages in the sheriff's office have made the program unworkable.