Courts & Criminal Justice

Dallas County has had more than 1,400 people apply to have their criminal record erased through the Expunction Expo program.

The Dallas County District Attorney's Office and the Dallas County District Clerk's office are working with volunteer lawyers to help residents who are eligible have their criminal records erased.

The men used Grindr to target victims and then assaulted them and forced them to withdraw money from ATMs.

New research looking at data from millions of stops made by police in Texas in 2020 found that officers search Latino people more than any other racial or ethnic group. But, those searches turn up far less contraband than searches of white people.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued a stunning ruling: It said a decades-old legal shield preventing platforms from lawsuits should not apply to Snapchat in a case involving a fatal car crash.

Amber Guyger's attorneys argue the evidence in the previous trial was legally insufficient to prove murder beyond a reasonable doubt.

The new policy comes after a recent report found Black and Latino residents in Dallas are more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses.

When jurors report for duty each morning in Derek Chauvin's trial, they do so as a group, escorted into the courthouse building by sheriff's deputies.

Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Audrey Moorehead said there was no probable cause and ordered the release of Bryan Riser on Wednesday.

Seven officers involved in the death of 26-year-old Marvin Scott III have been terminated. An eighth officer has resigned.

The Collin County sheriff is calling the death of a 26-year-old Black man in his jail a “profound tragedy,” and asking the community for patience as investigations proceed.

Benjamine Spencer has been in prison for 34 years for a murder and robbery he says he didn't commit.