After three sessions, Texas lawmakers passed a bill last month that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a ...

Critics of the current magistration system say it wastes taxpayers' money and can substantially increase the time offenders ...

If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...

A former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice will chair a task force to "guide the safe, ethical, and effective use of [artificial intelligence] in the criminal justice system," according to a press ...

Judge Catherine A. Mauzy of the 419th Civil District Court granted the temporary injunction Friday, June 20 during a hearing ...

State Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican, said she's the most qualified for the job. Ken Paxton isn't seeking reelection ...

Dallas County has an ongoing pattern of detaining people for weeks past their release dates, derailing lives and compounding the jail’s overcrowding crisis.

A former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice will chair a task force to "guide the safe, ethical, and effective use of [artificial intelligence] in the criminal justice system," according to a press ...

Karmelo Anthony, a Black student accused of fatally stabbing a white teen during a fight at a high school track meet in April ...

The latest updates on the Karmelo Anthony case involving the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

A Democratic state district judge in Travis County has temporarily denied Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempt to force district attorneys to grant him access to criminal ...