Posted on · For the first time in several years, Texas' most populous county freed fewer defendants who had been wrongfully accused of drug crimes. But Texas still led the nation in exonerations last year.
Posted on · Paxton has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say he has the right to a speedy trial.
Posted on · Fifty years ago George Beto, the director of the Texas Department of Corrections and Arleigh Templeton, then president of Sam Houston State College, lobbied the Texas Legislature to establish an Institute of Contemporary Corrections and Behavioral Science. This program would aim to lead the nation in the study of criminology, corrections and behavioral research. Today, […]
Posted on · One way to judge the quality of a society is to look at how it treats its prisoners. If we were to do that here in Houston, what would we see? Itâs a question that perhaps is best answered in two stages â first, by examining how inmates are processed through jail (and what will […]
Posted on · Eight days after he escaped from a prison van in Baytown, a convicted child molester has been captured in northeast Houston. Arcade Joseph Comeaux was found in the lobby of a business and was arrested without incident. Pat Hernandez has the story.