People Think Crime Is Going Up, But It’s the Opposite
It can be tough to put things into perspective when violent crimes dominate news headlines. According to the Pew Research Center, the... Read More
Texas Beauty Queen Loses Her Crown After Her Criminal Record is Revealed
Having a criminal record can severely impact your life by barring you from jobs and accolades, even years after a conviction. This... Read More
Texas Has Paid Out $93 Million over 25 Years for Wrongful Convictions
Texas has an unenviable record for wrongful convictions. When a defendant is wrongfully jailed he or she is not the only one... Read More
Legislators Push to Abolish Texas Program for Driving Offender Surcharges
If you are convicted of a DWI in Texas you will face a massive financial headache. Recently TxDOT said on a billboard... Read More
Offenses Using Imitation Weapons Increase in Texas
Texas is seeing a spike in crimes committed with imitation weapons, partly because offenders believe they will receive a lesser sentence if... Read More
Violent Crime Spikes in Dallas After Week of Killings
Dallas Police Chief David Brown has boasted in the past about historically low murder rates in the city. It’s a good news... Read More
Texas Executes Fifth Inmate of the Year
Arguments that a convicted killer who shot a city code officer dead in 2005, suffered from severe mental illness, failed to stop... Read More
Violent Crime Levels Rose in 2015 in Many North Texas Cities
We often associate rising crime levels with big cities such as Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, but newly released statistics for 2015... Read More
Case of Sex Offender Jailed at the Age of 11, Highlights How Texas Is Locking Up Children
When the Dallas Morning News recently featured the case of Khristopher Hood it highlighted one of the most disturbing aspects of Texas’s... Read More
The Use of Bite Mark Evidence is Questioned in Texas
Bite marks have been used for decades by forensic scientists in criminal cases to help establish the identity of offenders. But the... Read More