Courts & Criminal Justice

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state.

A report on victims who died at the hands of abusive partners in Tarrant County spotlights a gruesome side effect of the pandemic: a rise in domestic violence.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia apologized to Santos Rodriguez’s mother for the young Mexican American boy’s death 48 years ago. Saturday, an annual caravan drove through the city honoring Santos’ life and making sure his death is not forgotten.

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.