John Creuzot

Former judge Amber Givens defeats incumbent Dallas County DA John Creuzot in a major primary upset after running a low-budget campaign. Creuzot conceded the race Wednesday.

Despite the incumbent district attorney raising more in contributions than his challenger, Givens was ahead in the unofficial vote tally Wednesday morning.

Dallas County primary elections have nearly 200 races and almost two dozen propositions on the Republican and Democratic ballots.

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.

Dallas County commissioners unanimously voted to posthumously exonerate Tommy Lee Walker of Venice Lorraine Walker's rape and murder in 1954.

A Texas appeals court upheld an injunction stopping Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing new reporting rules on large-county prosecutors, ruling state law does not grant him authority to impose blanket requirements.

The Fifth Court of Appeals ruled Dallas County prosecutors were unsuccessful in proving there was ever a 12th juror in a 2024 fentanyl dealing trial and reversed the suspect's conviction.

Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price says vehicles used in his district are outdated and should be replaced, like the district attorney's new SUVs.

Texas has paid more than $50 million to compensate people wrongfully convicted of crimes in Dallas County.

The district attorney's office says Senate Bill 467 would have targeted gas pump theft, which can drive up prices for customers and businesses.

Tyrone Day spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.