Courts & Criminal Justice

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals resentenced Juan Lizcano to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is at least the fifth death row inmate whose sentence was reduced after the U.S. Supreme Court slammed Texas' methods for determining intellectual disability.

The Texas Office of Court Administration, which manages data for courts across the state, says it was the target of a ransomware attack late last week.

As Texas' two largest counties are struggling to contain outbreaks of coronavirus in their jails, local officials everywhere are hoping to keep COVID-19…

Only men are currently obliged to register with the Selective Service System for possible military conscription. Now a blue ribbon panel says that obligation should extend to women.

Steven Hopwood, a 61-year-old man with a history of pneumonia and scarring on his lungs, was all but set to get out of jail this week. He planned to plead…

Two decades in prison is a long time to go without a paycheck. For parents, that's also 20 years of missed childhood moments. Edward Ates feels the full…

After serving two years in prison for possession of meth, Toby Savitz found herself in a series of low-paying jobs with no real path forward. She finally…

Prison makes it nearly impossible to hold onto savings and earn money. But it's a great place to take on debt.Creditors don't push pause while someone's…

The questioning dragged on all day and into the evening as lawyers queried hundreds of prospective jurors for potential bias in the trial of Amber Guyger,…

When people go to prison, income dries up and earning potential rockets backward.And when you mix incarceration with America's legacy of systemic racism,…

As a father, Marc Wilson had his family firmly in the middle class. Then a drug conviction sent him to prison for seven years. He expects to spend the…

With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky,…