Criminal Justice
Abbott dreams of Big Government
In late October, as the 2020 campaign was drawing to a close, Governor Greg Abbott’s political operation was busy blanketing ...Ending reality cop shows in Texas and other police bills this session
The first police-related bill filed for the upcoming Texas Legislature session is a bill to prohibit law enforcement departments from ...Joe Moody on abolishing the death penalty, legalizing weed, and Thanksgiving
On Wednesday, the Signal spoke with state Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso, who serves as speaker pro tempore of ...In Texas, is Justice still for sale?
If you ask judicial scholars who oppose electing, rather than appointing, judges their arguments invariably boil down to one thing. ...Bribery. Abuse of office. What we know about The Paxton Affair.
On Friday, as President Donald Trump was hurriedly producing proof of life videos before being transported via helicopter from the ...Texas lawmakers pressure GOP Senate to pass police reform
Lawmakers with the Congressional Black Caucus held a press call on Monday to pressure Senate Republicans to pass a House ...Progressive reformers won big in Travis County. What’s next for the criminal justice system?
“On day one, we’re going to end the prosecution of low-level drug offenses in Travis County,” said José Garza, the ...The complicity of Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Michael McCaul in the mass arrests of ...
On the early morning of July 23, 1999, in Tulia, Texas, nearly 33 percent of the city’s Black male residents ...Eddie Lucio’s shady ties with the private prison industry
A recently resurfaced transcript shows State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. admitting to making money from the prison industry. Lucio, a ...What it means to ‘Defund the Police’
The phrase “defund the police” has been thrown around a lot in recent days — but what does it mean? ...Criminal Justice is broken in Texas’ most progressive county: José Garza wants to fix it
Reimagining justice and safety José Garza thinks a lot about the criminal justice system — how it can best keep ...A note to our readers
George Floyd, a proud son of Third Ward in Houston, Texas, was murdered in broad daylight and on camera by ...
