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In some cases, a defendant can be released from jail post-conviction if he or she has been denied their fundam...

Mortgage fraud is not a straightforward crime. The offense we call mortgage fraud can entail many illegal prop...

Police shootings of unarmed black men dominated the news headlines in 2016 and fueled the Black Lives Matters ...

The federal government devotes large amounts of time and money to federal child pornography offenses. Sentence...

The death sentence handed out to a Fort Worth man who shot and killed a five-year-old girl and her grandmother...

The case of Gene McGuire, the new chaplain for a chain of chicken dinner restaurants in northern Texas, illust...

Texas is often seen as a state that’s tough on crime and its causes. However, the state is also lauded as an...

The case of Rosa Maria Ortega made headlines beyond Texas. Ortega was sentenced to eight years in prison earli...

Texas has a law of parties. It’s a harsh rule that can mean the accomplice to a crime receives the same pena...

A fire at a mosque in Texas may be a hate crime at a time of escalating religious tensions. The mosque in Vict...