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A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit alleging the Austin Police Department and Travis County District Attorney’s Office mishandled eight…
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Austin had the highest number of rapes reported in large Texas cities in 2017. The rate of reported rapes that year was also nearly 40% higher than U.S.…
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Part II in a four-part series on why sexual assault cases are so hard to prosecute in Austin. Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual…
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Part I in a four-part series on why sexual assault cases are so hard to prosecute in Austin. Warning: This story contains a graphic description of sexual…
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Part III in a four-part series on why sexual assault cases are so hard to prosecute in Austin. Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual…
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Part IV in a four-part series on why sexual assault cases are so hard to prosecute in Austin. At an Austin City Council meeting in January, a large number…
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Updated 6:10 p.m., March 5 Lawyers for a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in Austin are asking a court to force Travis County prosecutors to…
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Prosecutors will begin giving out letters to some undocumented witnesses and victims that could potentially shield them from deportation, Travis County…
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The Travis County District Attorney’s Office will no longer bring all police shooting cases before a grand jury. Flanked by representatives of the local…
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One race tucked into the crowded ballots that Travis County voters are seeing this election could have a substantial effect on police use-of-force cases.…