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18 Aug 2011, 8:15 am
An editorial in the Houston Chronicle with the same title as this post makes a strong point about failures at the Houston PD's crime lab by simply recounting past headlines, which collectively depict quite a tale of incompetence and woe. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 12:03 pm
In an interview on WXAN-TV he derided Morton’s request to test the evidence in light of the unsolved case as “silly,” and he told Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle that Morton was “grasping at straws” by refusing to give up his quest for DNA testing. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 12:00 pm
See Houston Chronicle report. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 9:16 am
See Houston Chronicle report. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 7:10 am
Briefly: The Houston Chronicle reports on subsequent proceedings in the case of Henry Skinner, the petitioner in last Term’s Skinner v. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 6:00 am
Perhaps in reaction to that story, Dane Schiller at the Houston Chronicle has a piece today on solitary confinement (known in Texas as "administrative segregation," or ad-seg, in the parlance) at TDCJ titled "Years long isolation of inmates under attack. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 9:42 am
The Houston Chronicle “Believe It or Not” blog reports. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 8:09 am
The Houston Chronicle reports. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 6:26 am
"Execution set for killer again, despite appeal; Dispute over DNA tests has so far spared Skinner, convicted in 1993": Today's edition of The Houston Chronicle contains an article that begins, "Convicted triple killer Henry Skinner, spared from execution by a last-minute U.S. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 3:16 pm
In an op-ed in yesterday's Houston Chronicle, Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck called on the Texas Forensic Science Commission to continue its investigation of the arson investigation that led to Cameron Todd Willingham's murder conviction and, eventually, his execution.The forensics board has investigated the Willingham case for years, but the Attorney General ruled last month that commissioners could not consider some key evidence in the case because it was… [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 8:11 am
Here is what the Houston Chronicle wrote two weeks later. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 7:53 pm
Houston Chronicle on August 11, 2011 released the following: "By DANE SCHILLER HOUSTON CHRONICLE Seven alleged members and associates of the MS-13 street gang are charged with three slayings and other mayhem as part of a racketeering operation that killed, robbed and dealt drugs in Houston, officials said Thursday. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 7:53 pm
Houston Chronicle on August 11, 2011 released the following: "By DANE SCHILLER HOUSTON CHRONICLE Seven alleged members and associates of the MS-13 street gang are charged with three slayings and other mayhem as part of a racketeering operation that killed, robbed and dealt drugs in Houston, officials said Thursday. [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 3:51 pm
Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey wrote Monday about the confusing law that allows the commission to investigate the case's arson findings but prohibits examination of evidence presented to the jury because it was introduced before September 1, 2005.Despite the AG's ruling, Sen. [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 3:11 pm
The Houston Police Department not only has thousands of untested rape kits stored at the crime lab, until recently nobody could even accurately guesstimate how many there were, with about 3,000 more found as a result of research funded by a federal grant, reports the Houston Chronicle ("Crime lab finds another 3,000-plus untested rape kits," Aug, 10):For years, the Houston Police Department has conceded about 4,000 rape kits — all untested… [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 8:18 am
Another story in today's Houston Chronicle by Ryan Crockett describes what happened to a man who was falsely accused of rape when a 14-year old victim picked him out of a photo lineup, an event which ruined his life before DNA evidence cleared his name. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 8:00 am
Rick Casey's latest Houston Chronicle column is titled, "Law gets in way of science, again. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 3:35 am
The Houston Chronicle ran an excellent editorial recently questioning this fear. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 3:32 am
The Houston Chronicle ran an excellent editorial recently questioning this fear. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 11:54 am
First, via the Drug War Chronicle:In Houston, a Houston police sergeant was arrested July 27 on charges he took a bribe to provide protection for a vehicle carrying several kilograms of cocaine. [read post]
