Crime
333 stories
There but for the Grace of God
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
November 2009
Home of the Brave
A time to grieve, remember, honor, question. Scenes from Fort Hood during the aftermath of a mass shooting on November 5, 2009. Photographs by Bob Daemmrich.
November 2009
Memo to Kay »
Even someone who supports the death penalty, as you do, can and should be up in arms over the Cameron Willingham case.
October 2009 by Michael Hall
The Judgment of Sharon Keller »
Her decision to close the door on a death row inmate’s final plea has earned the state’s top criminal judge lasting infamy and a misconduct investigation that goes to trial this month. But was she wrong?
August 2009 by Michael Hall
Bringing Down the Dogmen »
The bust that nabbed Houston’s top dogfighters was the work of two gutsy undercover cops who knew that the only way to infiltrate this secret world was to become dogfighters themselves.
August 2009 by Skip Hollandsworth
Mismanaged Care »
A unique confluence of medicine, money, and politics is driving health care costs in the Rio Grande Valley. At the center of it all is a Democrat from Palmview, who is already under indictment for unreported income.
August 2009 by Patricia Kilday Hart
Fight Club »
Without the cooperation of Texas law enforcement, the dogfighting subculture will continue to thrive.
August 2009 by Skip Hollandsworth
Sex, Lies, and Videotapes »
The Texas attorney general takes a second look at the Mineola child sex ring cases.
August 2009 by Michael Hall
Cold Cash »
Convicted congressman William Jefferson owes this former pollster money. Something tells me I'm not going to collect.
August 2009 by Paul Stekler
Flesh and Blood »
The most shocking thing about the murder of the Caffey family in East Texas last year was not how gruesome or inexplicable the crime was. It was that it was masterminded by sixteen-year-old Erin Caffey, a pretty girl who worked at the Sonic, sang in her church, and loved her parents.
June 2009 by Pamela Colloff
Road to Perdition »
Was the Army as much to blame for the Mahmudiyah killings as its perpetrators?
June 2009 by Pamela Colloff
Eyewitness News »
The Legislature takes up photo and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.
May 2009 by Jena A. Williams
In Treatment »
Diversionary programs such as drug courts, which provide treatment-based alternatives for non-violent criminals to prisons, remain critically underfunded.
May 2009 by Jena A. Williams
The Lost Boys »
Can a former member of a vicious Houston gang leave crime behind and build a new life for himself?
May 2009 by Skip Hollandsworth
Across The Line »
Was the quaint East Texas town of Mineola home to a horrific child sex ring? Were the three people sent to prison last year for running it guilty? Was justice served? Depends on which district attorney you ask.
April 2009 by Michael Hall
Behind Bars »
Four San Antonio women convicted of sexual assault fifteen years ago maintain their innocence and remain in prison.
April 2009 by Darrell Otto
Hysteria »
When adults are accused of unthinkable crimes against children, what’s fact and what’s fiction can get lost in translation.
April 2009 by Michael Hall
Overexposure? »
The Dallas Police Department’s posting of photos in its “indecency” section on its Web site is probably constitutional—the fact that prostitution cases are also listed means that gay men as a class are not being singled out—but is it responsible?
March 2009 by Nate Blakeslee
Crime Scene »
Read classic Skip Hollandsworth on serial killers, bank robbers, drug dealers, gangs, and more.
March 2009
An Isolated Incident »
After his son died of a drug overdose in his fraternity house at SMU, Tom Stiles began asking questions that campus authorities preferred not to answer. Two years later, he is still learning the truth about what happened—and why.
February 2009 by Nate Blakeslee
A Mother’s Words »
Bonnie Haldeman, the mother of David Koresh, dies at 64.
February 2009 by Pamela Colloff
Baghdad, Mexico »
In 2008 Juárez became a war zone. What happens next?
January 2009 by Sito Negron
Children of the Storm »
After Hurricane Katrina, Rhonda Tavey selflessly opened her Houston home to a New Orleans evacuee and five of her children. She fed the kids, bathed them, and grew to love them so much that when their mother tried to take them back to Louisiana, she wouldn’t let them go.
January 2009 by Mimi Swartz
The Science of Murder »
Someone killed Melissa Trotter and dumped her body in the Sam Houston National Forest. But according to six forensic experts, that someone was not Larry Swearingen.
January 2009 by Michael Hall
Legalize It? »
The El Paso City Council may override the mayor’s veto to create a debate on the current U.S. drug policies. In these interviews, the mayor, council members, and others explain their views.
January 2009 by Katy Vine
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