Criminal Justice
27 stories
The Innocent Man, Part Two »
Michael Morton spent 25 years wrongfully imprisoned for the brutal murder of his wife. How did it happen? And who is to blame?
December 2012 by Pamela Colloff
The Innocent Man, Part One »
Michael Morton came home from work one day in 1986 to find that his wife had been brutally murdered. What happened next was one of the most profound miscarriages of justice in Texas history.
November 2012 by Pamela Colloff
Another Tale of Wrongful Conviction? »
Richard LaFuente, who was convicted of murder in 1986, has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence for more than twenty years. Now he has some unlikely support in one person—the victim's own sister.
November 2012 by Michael Hall
Hannah’s Prayer »
Five years ago, Hannah Overton, a church-going Corpus Christi mother of five, was convicted of murdering her soon-to-be adoptive child and sentenced to life in prison. In April, she returned to court—and watched her lawyers put the prosecution on defense.
June 2012 by Pamela Colloff
Trials and Errors »
Over the past two decades Texas has exonerated more than eighty wrongfully convicted prisoners. How does this happen? Can anything be done to stop it? We assembled a group of experts (a police chief, a state senator, a judge, a prosecutor, a district attorney, and an exoneree) to find out.
June 2012 Moderated by Michael Hall and Jake Silverstein
Justice in Time »
Fifteen years after being released from death row, Kerry Max Cook is still looking for freedom.
April 2012 by Michael Hall
Future Forum: Guilt, Innocence, and the Death Penalty
A panel discussion featuring Anthony Graves with Pamela Colloff, Michael Hall, Kelly Siegler, and Nicole Cásarez.
February 2012
About a Boy
In 2006 Andrew Burd mysteriously died of salt poisoning. His foster mother, Hannah Overton, was found guilty of killing him and sent to prison for life. She steadfastly proclaims her innocence, and her husband and children pray for the day when she will be able to come home.
January 2012
A Father’s Day
Since 1986, Richard LaFuente has been in federal prison for a murder he didn’t commit. In June he was denied parole—again. The only bright spot in his life has been reconnecting with his daughters and their families.
January 2012
A Q&A With Pamela Colloff »
The executive editor on writing about wrongful conviction cases, interviewing Hannah Overton in prison, and recognizing that things may not be as they seem.
January 2012 Interview by Stephanie Kuo
Hannah and Andrew »
On October 3, 2006, a four-year-old boy named Andrew Burd died in a Corpus Christi hospital. The cause of death was determined to be salt poisoning, an extremely unusual occurrence. Even more shocking was what happened next: his foster mother, Hannah Overton, was found guilty of killing him. But could she really have done what the prosecutors say?
January 2012 by Pamela Colloff
Fed Up! »
Sure, Texas’s criminal justice system is tough. But as Fort Worth inmate Richard LaFuente could tell you, the federal criminal system is even tougher.
January 2012 by Michael Hall
48 Hours Mystery presents "Grave Injustice"
Sixteen years after Anthony Graves was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, students helped to set him free. Richard Schlesinger, a correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery, reports on the case.
May 2011
Innocence Found »
Anthony Graves had been behind bars for eighteen years when the prosecutors in his case abruptly dropped all charges and set him free. How did it happen? What happens next?
January 2011 by Pamela Colloff
Life After Death »
It’s time to halt executions in Texas.
January 2011 by Michael Hall
A Free Man
Anthony Graves talks about his case, his family, and his life after prison.
January 2011 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Anthony Graves Press Conference
October 28, 2010, in Houston at the law offices of Katherine Scardino, Graves's defense attorney.
November 2010 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Justice Is Served
Listen to senior editor Pamela Colloff discuss the release of Anthony Graves with KRLD's Mitch Carr and Scott Braddock.
November 2010
Reasonable Doubt
View a short documentary on the controversial case of Anthony Graves, who has spent the past eighteen years behind bars.
October 2010 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Innocence Lost »
Anthony Graves has spent the past eighteen years behind bars—twelve of them on death row—for a grisly 1992 murder. There was no plausible motive nor any physical evidence to connect him to the crime, and the only witness against him repeatedly recanted his testimony. Yet he remains locked up. Did the system fail?
October 2010 by Pamela Colloff
Searching for Truth »
Pamela Colloff talks about reporting on an eighteen-year-old murder case and interviewing Anthony Graves, who was sent to death row for the crime.
October 2010 Interview by Nadia Tamez-Robledo
Free at Last »
For eighteen years Anthony Graves insisted that he had nothing to do with the gruesome murder of a family in Somerville. That’s exactly how long it took for justice to finally be served.
November 2010 by Pamela Colloff
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