Highlights from a 2009 series about thorny problems with Harris Co's justice system.
Pretrial detention boosts jail overcrowding, some guys like Brisby Brown spent more than a year in jail before charges were dismissed. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6650826.html
Huge capital caseloads:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6440974.html
And how late filings in capital cases can be deadly for some:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6328865.html
But how tardy lawyers still get paid:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6381687.html
More certifications of juveniles as adults in the state of Texas:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6461546.html
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...