Courts & Criminal Justice

A federal judge in Fort Worth swore in a jury Monday for the trial of nine defendants accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer outside an ICE detention center July 4.

A second round of jury selection begins in federal court Monday after the judge declared a mistrial last week. Nine defendants are accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer July 4.

Judge Mark Pittman's order comes after he declared a mistrial during jury selection Tuesday. He believed a defense attorney wearing a shirt depicting civil rights protest imagery was an attempt to sway prospective jurors' opinions.

Tuesday marked the start of jury selection in the trial for nine defendants charged in the July 4 Prairieland shooting.

Nine people accused of participating in a "coordinated attack" that injured a local police officer outside a North Texas ICE detention center July 4 go on trial this week. The government says it's the first-ever "antifa"-related federal terrorism case.

A Dallas County juvenile detention center supervision officer continues Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and post-surgery care after a 15-year-old allegedly hit him last April, shattering bones around and below his eye.

The Texas Supreme Court decided the American Bar Association should "no longer have the final say" on which law school graduates can become licensed lawyers. Will the move foster accessibility and innovation in the legal field as advocates hope — or will most things stay the same?

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot is one of the founders of the Fight Against Federal Overreach project after federal agents killed two people in Minneapolis.

A Nueces County jury acquitted former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on all charges, ending the first criminal case tied to the law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.

Jury deliberations are underway for the first criminal charges filed in the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

A federal judge in Fort Worth sanctioned three defense attorneys in the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting case for filing "frivolous" motions to conduct discovery of evidence they say the government hasn't fully handed over.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards gave Dallas County a "clean inspection" with no corrective notes during its review Jan. 13-15.