News & Politics
January 20, 2013
The Exonerated
Thirty-seven men, 525 years behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit. Thanks to DNA testing, their claims of innocence have finally been proved—but what happens to them now?
DNA
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
And Justice for Some
How the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals mistakes toughness for fairness—and gives the state a black eye.
Business
March 31, 2010
Made in Texas
What weighs 32,000 pounds and is more than thirty feet tall? The largest DNA in the state.
Feature
January 1, 2006
Why Can’t Steven Phillips Get a DNA Test?
For that matter, why can’t any incarcerated man or woman with a good reason get one?
Crime
February 1, 2000
Unhappy Trails
Although they hate to let anyone get away with murder, Harris County detectives Harry Fikaris and Roger Wedgeworth are finding that cracking unsolved cases is no easy task.
Biz Science
March 1, 1999
Blood and Money
On the strength of a simple if indelicate question—“Who’s the Father?”—Houston’s Caroline Caskey has made a big splash in biotech.