Law
152 stories
The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover »
Nothing can stop Sheriff Frances Kaiser: not cancer, not grisly murder cases, and certainly not the good old boys of Kerr County.
December 1996 Kinky Friedman
Law • Cheryl Hopwood »
Sins of admission.
September 1996 by Paul Burka
Jailhouse Crock »
The Texas prison mess gets messier. Plus: Taking up arms in defense of the B-1 bomber.
July 1996
The Tort Tax »
No high diving boards at public pools. No cameras in operating rooms. All this and more, thanks to lawyers.
June 1996 by Paul Burka
The Lawsuit from Hell »
How an East Texas attorney spawned the most massive products-liability case ever— one that has cost millions of dollars and involved thousands of plaintiffs and might never end.
June 1996 by Skip Hollandsworth
The Great Texas Prison Mess »
Something stinks in the Department of Criminal Justice, and it’s a lot more than VitaPro. A special report on the worst state scandal in decades.
May 1996 by Robert Draper
A Winters Tale »
Edgar and Johnny Winter sing the blues over a comic book.
April 1996 Edited by Evan Smith
Fed Up »
We take aim at five Texas militias.
April 1996 by Andrew Goldman
Shots in the Dark »
Two grim incidents involving guns, three dead teenagers: Reflections on self-defense.
February 1996 by Gregory Curtis
Trailing the Field »
Texas was supposed to be horse racing’s salvation, a Thoroughbred–loving state with money to burn. So why can’t the sport get out of the gate?
February 1996 by Carol Flake
Drag.net »
When futuristic felons invade their midst, Austin’s computer firms know whom to call: the city’s high-tech police unit, which is building its reputation chip by chip.
January 1996 by Carol Flake
Rush to Justice »
Kim Wozencraft meant to spend her life putting drug pushers behind bars—until she became an addict. Now, more than a decade later, she’s fighting against the justice system she once embraced.
January 1996 by Keith Kachtick
Drunk With Power »
Policing Texas’ DWI cops
January 1996 by Kate Murphy
The Sweet Song of Justice »
The verdict is in, but a complete account of what went on in the Selena murder trial hasn’t come out—until now.
December 1995 by Joe Nick Patoski
Injured Parties »
George Paouris was accused of molesting his child. A civil court disagreed, but damage had been done–to all involved.
November 1992 by Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje
Poetic Justice »
A Dallas lawyer is urging his colleagues to put rhyme and reason back into legal writing—by using plain old English.
January 1992 by Peter Elkind
Poor Willie »
When the IRS seized all that Willie Nelson had, it was a case of the man who can’t say no meeting the men who won’t take no for an answer.
May 1991 by Robert Draper
Abortion Street »
Sixteen years after Roe v. Wade, all the bitterness and horror of the abortion fight can be found at a single site in Dallas.
April 1989 by Mimi Swartz
Guilty Until Proven Innocent »
In 1980 a white girl was raped and murdered at Conroe High School, and the police quickly arrested a black janitorial supervisor. Now it looks as if the case wasn’t so open and shut after all.
September 1987 by Tom Curtis
Howdy, Son. I’m the Law in This County »
These fourteen Texas sheriffs are everything you thought a sheriff ought to be. But look quick; the old-time county lawman is riding off into the sunset.
November 1984 by Dick J. Reavis
Oops! »
Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes in the medical profession leave scars on everybody.
March 1977 by Alan Waldman
The Big House Goes Coed »
The Federal prison in Fort Worth is unique in more ways than one.
March 1974 by Stephen Harrigan
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