The Daily Post
April 9, 2015
Capital Murder Case Against Hannah Overton Dismissed
Nine years after Hannah Overton’s nightmarish journey through the criminal justice system began, it ended just as abruptly.
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The Culture
January 9, 2015
The Write Stuff
Sometimes journalism really does make a difference.
Politics & Policy
December 16, 2014
Hannah Overton Will Be Home For Christmas
Corpus Christi Mother of Five Released on Bond.
Politics & Policy
October 13, 2014
The Guilty and the Innocent
Pamela Colloff on holding prosecutors accountable.
Politics & Policy
September 17, 2014
Hannah Overton’s Capital Murder Conviction Is Overturned
And now the Nueces County DA must decide whether to retry her.
Criminal Justice
April 8, 2014
Hannah Overton’s Day in Court
The Corpus Christi mother convicted of murdering her four-year-old foster son has maintained her innocence for eight years, and she finally had a chance to plead her case to Texas’s highest criminal court.
January 21, 2013
Overton Judge Finds No New Evidence of Innocence
State district judge Jose Longoria stated that "all of the supposedly newly-discovered evidence ... was clearly known and discussed at the time of trial."
Report from Court
January 21, 2013
Hannah Overton Hearing: Day Four
David Jones, one of Overton's defense attorneys during her 2007 trial, broke down on the stand.
Report from Court
January 21, 2013
Hannah Overton Hearing: Day Three
Ex-prosecutor Sandra Eastwood is put on the hot seat and questioned about whether or not she withheld critical evidence from the defense.
Report from Court
January 21, 2013
Hannah Overton Hearing: Day Two
The leading salt poisoning expert testified on the second day of Overton's hearing.
Report from Court
January 21, 2013
The Hannah Overton Hearing: Day One
Executive Editor Pamela Colloff reports from Nueces County, where testimony in the Hannah Overton hearing focused on scientific evidence supporting the Corpus Christi homemaker's claims of innocence.
Letter From Corpus Christi
January 21, 2013
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.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
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.
Bum Steers
March 1, 2012
Roar of the Crowd
Tears on Our SteersYour portrayal of Governor Perry is totally insulting. Whether you agree or disagree with his politics, he is the governor of our great state and, as such, deserves a measure of respect. Jo Snoddy Cleburne Shame on TEXAS MONTHLY for using a caricature drawn by some green-behind-the-ears
Travel & Outdoors
February 9, 2012
Win the Weekend: What Texas is Talking About
A mountain lion attack in Big Bend, Lance Armstrong speaks, the latest on redistricting, and the New York Times's "Frugal Traveler" makes his way through Texas.
Update
February 9, 2012
Hannah Overton’s Case Will be Examined Again
The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a lower court to examine claims of innocence by the Corpus Christi mother of five, who was charged with capital murder nearly six years ago.
True Crime
January 1, 2012
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