by Bert | Apr 4, 2019 | Texas
Sometimes it feels like this website provides public service announcements to prosecutors, making it clear what they are not allowed to do. If these announcements strike you as catering to the lowest-common-denominator, well, we don’t really know what to say (except,...
by Jane | Jan 22, 2019 | Texas
The Texas State Bar has dismissed allegations against former Harris County prosecutor Dan Rizzo of a cover-up that landed Alfred Dewayne Brown on death row. It has been four years since we wrote about the reversal of Brown’s conviction and death sentence, and in that...
by Bert | Dec 12, 2018 | Texas
Alvin Braziel is dead. The State killed him on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. The circumstances surrounding his death warrant a full-blown investigation. We know how he died—the State injected him with lethal drugs—but we do not know how it is possible the government...
by Bert | Nov 28, 2018 | Texas
After rehearing en banc the case of Alvarez v. The City of Brownsville, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a disconcerting decision. If it was not bad enough that the Department of Justice was angling for an ultra-narrow understanding of prosecutors’ ethical...
by Bert | Oct 17, 2018 | Texas
In El Paso County, a judge issued detailed findings early this month that represent good news for death row inmate Rigoberto Avila, Jr. For years, Mr. Avila has been challenging his capital conviction for the murder of his friend’s 19-month old son. As we explore...
