The State of Texas, long the nation's leader in executions, has now earned the dubious title of the state most likely to execute the innocent. In 2004, Texas ... Read More
Imagine locking a teenager in a bathroom for an entire day, a week, a month, six months, a year, or longer. What would happen to that child? She would miss school. ... Read More
By Rebecca McCray, Criminal Law Reform Project at 10:04am
Texans can sleep more soundly at night knowing that Elisa Castillo, a grandmother and nonviolent first-time drug offender, is serving a life without parole ... Read More
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is ... Read More
By Omar Jadwat, Immigrants' Rights Project at 3:36pm
Yesterday the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the Farmers Branch, Texas, anti-immigrant ordinance unconstitutional. The decision, which came in a suit brought ... Read More
It seems that some newspaper editors think that a "10-inch ultrasound wand" does not belong in the funnies section of their papers — and their ... Read More
