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General Admission »
Will Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin help the U.S. Supreme Court decide affirmative action once and for all? Not likely, which is why it's time to let public universities make their own decision about which students to accept.
April 2012 by Paul Burka
The Not So Happy Campers »
For more than seven decades, Camp Mystic has been one of the prettiest, happiest, and most exclusive destinations in Texas. But after a bitter, multimillion-dollar legal battle, the very thing that the owners cherished—family—may be the force that tears the camp apart for good.
July 2011 by Mimi Swartz
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz »
The executive editor on writing about Camp Mystic, legal battles, and lawyers.
July 2011 Interview by Evan McMurry
Playground Rules »
The suicides of four Texas teens who were brutally bullied have prompted cries for new legislation. But one lawyer has a different plan: Sue the school districts.
June 2011 by Skip Hollandsworth
Out of Beach? »
Whose coastline is it anyway? How the state Supreme Court may be undermining decades of unlimited public access to the sand and surf.
June 2011 by Paul Burka
Law and Disorder »
During his lifetime, he captivated Houston with his courtroom brilliance, outsized ambition, and high-dollar lifestyle. But in the year since John O’Quinn’s tragic death, a bitter estate battle has revealed who he really was.
February 2011 by Mimi Swartz
Ken Starr’s Study »
The Baylor University president shows us his refuge.
October 2010 by Kristie Ramirez
Near/Far »
Despite rampant fears to the contrary, the bloody drug violence in Mexico hasn’t spilled over into Texas—but that doesn’t mean it’s not transforming life all along the border.
August 2010 by Nate Blakeslee
The Outsider »
In the post-Washington game, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales has fared worse than any other member of the Bush administration. Why?
July 2010 by Mimi Swartz
The Verdict »
Another defendant in the Mineola child sex ring crimes is found guilty.
July 2010 by Michael Hall
The Usual Suspects »
Brent Coon’s back to take on BP.
May 2010 by Mimi Swartz
Enroncore! »
The debut of Enron, the play, on Broadway might be the perfect time to settle a question that’s been bothering Houston: Does Jeff Skilling need a new trial?
May 2010 by Mimi Swartz
The Great Pretender »
The strange case of Mauricio Celis, the Corpus Christi lawyer who was not a lawyer.
May 2010 by Pamela Colloff
Weird Science »
As the peculiar case of a Fort Bend sheriff’s deputy and his bloodhounds makes clear, the techniques of crime-scene investigation are not as infallible as the TV shows would have us believe. How a misplaced faith in some forensic experts is putting innocent people behind bars.
May 2010 by Michael Hall
The Trials of Billy Joe Shaver »
Is the legendary Texas singer-songwriter a honky-tonk hero or a honky-tonk bully?
April 2010 by Michael Hall
Court Attack »
How the Citizens United decision could spell doom for democracy in Texas.
April 2010 by Paul Burka
When DAs Attack! »
The Mineola child sex ring scandal keeps getting weirder.
April 2010 by Michael Hall
Perversion of Justice »
Cathy McBroom loved working as a case manager for Samuel Kent, Galveston’s brilliant, charismatic, all-powerful federal district judge. Then he started attacking her.
December 2009 by Skip Hollandsworth
Separated At Death »
Ernest Willis spent seventeen years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. And he has a few things to say about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for a strangely similar crime that many experts believe he didn’t commit either.
December 2009 by Michael Hall
Fundamental Arguments »
On October 26, the first FLDS criminal trial in Texas begins. What legal strategies remain for the defense?
November 2009 by Katy Vine
There but for the Grace of God
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
November 2009
TRANSCRIPT: “Very Few People Get off of Texas Death Row Alive” »
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
November 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
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
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
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