Courts & Criminal Justice

A Collin County judge’s reported decision could keep details of the divorce from spilling into Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate race.

Details are emerging about a incident outside ICE's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado. Officials call it an egregious and coordinated attack on law enforcement.

Karmelo Anthony is accused of stabbing Austin Metcalf. His trial is set for next year.

Spencer Swearnger died at Parkland Hospital in November 2023 after he allegedly drank excessive amounts of toilet water in his jail cell. It was the third water intoxication death at the jail.

The U.S. magistrate judge's Friday ruling is not final, but serves as a recommendation in Leqaa Kordia's case.

A Collin County grand jury indicted Karmelo Anthony for first-degree murder in the stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet.

A federal judge in San Antonio has ruled that the state of Texas for decades unnecessarily institutionalized 4,500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing home facilities, denying them appropriate services that are required under federal law.

Though not yet overcrowded, Dallas County jail continues to push its inmate population close to the threshold since Memorial Day weekend.

Dallas County officials chose back National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is Friday. Texas legislators have passed several pro-gun measures during this session.

The base salary for state judges hasn't changed or adjusted for inflation since 2013, ranking Texas second-to-last for judicial salaries in the country.

Audio recording equipment is intended to hold accountable Dallas County's juvenile board, which oversees detention services and rehabilitation programs.

A former SMU law professor alleges that defamation and discrimination played a part in her denied application for tenure at the university's law school.