Patricia Hart just did an updated story on Perry's "shroud of secrecy" - a habit of keeping public documents to himself, resisting release of his own calendars, travel expenses, e-mails and clemency reviews in response to public disclosure requests.http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Perry-has-wovenshroud-of-secrecyas-Texas-governor-2144596.php
I keep getting asked for stories I wrote about Perry's clemency reviews in 2009.
This 2009 story was based on information from the parole board, state archives and Perry's office (all very limited) about his reviews of requests from inmates executed during his tenure gov: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Clemency-rare-on-Texas-death-row-1547457.phpstories
The Chronicle later filed a lawsuit under the Public Discloure Act to try to get more information, since documentations on clemency reviews for executed offenders was made public under Gov. Bush (and Attorney General John Cornyn, now a US Senator). That lawsuit is still pending.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Chronicle-sues-Perry-over-clemency-report-1748771.php
Americans murdered in Mexico
US citizens continue to be killed in ongoing border violence. I've been covering this since 2009.
Was this teen offender wrongfully executed?
Debate over this 2005 Chron investigation - and other cases continues in Texas
Who killed Baby Jane Doe?
A 2003 investigation from the now online-only newspaper gave this baby back her name. But her murder remains unsolved...