The professor was arrested after breaking his bond conditions from a previous family violence charge, according to a police ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

Texas lawmakers are discussing five proposed bail reforms, including one to prevent undocumented defendants from posting bail for felony charges, and another to give judges discretion to hold violent ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the ...

Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, ...

It’s not the most typical classroom, but University of North Texas criminal justice students said that sharing a class with ...

Former prosecutor Nicholas Ganjei was sworn in this week as the interim U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Texas ... legal matters related to criminal justice, border security, intellectual ...

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe conditions for both incarcerated persons and staff. To address this pressing ...

Paula Braveman, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, for instance, has commented that “health equity” and social justice in health are interchangeable. The goal of ...

Mariani pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in July 2023, but his sentencing was delayed as he filed a constitutional challenge to Canada's Criminal ... has not been set. Justice David ...

The newest appellate court, the 15th Court of Appeals, has special statewide jurisdiction in civil cases and justice pay varies slightly, up to $205,380. Justices and judges on the Texas Supreme Court ...